Abstract:
Multi-operation tools for photovoltaic cell processing are described. In an example, a multi-operation tool includes a conveyor system to move a photovoltaic (PV) cell continuously along a conveyor path through a laser scribing station and an adhesive printing station. Furthermore, the PV cell may be aligned to a laser head of the laser scribing station and a printer head of the adhesive printing station in a single alignment operation prior to being laser scribed and printed with an adhesive in a continuous process.
Abstract:
A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions for causing a computerized system to perform the following operations: determining, by the computerized system, that a first person is infected by a first infectious disease; wherein the determination is associated with a first person infection probability attribute; detecting, by the computerized system, based upon location information collected during at least a portion of a first infectious disease manifestation period, the location information being indicative of locations of the first person and other persons, a second person that was within an infection distance from the first person and is potentially infected by the first infectious disease; calculating, by the computerized system, a second person infection probability attribute; and updating, by the computerized system, the first person infection probability attribute in response to the second person infection probability attribute.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and apparatus by which solar energy may be collected to provide heat, electricity, or a combination of heat and electricity are disclosed herein.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and apparatus by which solar energy may be collected to provide electricity or a combination of heat and electricity are disclosed herein. Examples of solar energy receivers are disclosed that may be used to collect concentrated solar radiation.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and apparatus by which solar energy may be collected to provide electricity or a combination of heat and electricity are disclosed herein. Examples of solar energy receivers are disclosed that may be used to collect concentrated solar radiation.
Abstract:
A charged particle detector assembly comprises a particle detector, which has at least one particle sensitive region for detecting at least a portion of the spatial distribution of charged particles and for generating a two-dimensional optical signal which correlates to the detected spatial distribution. Further, an image conduit has an input coupled to the particle sensitive region of the particle detector for transmitting the two-dimensional optical signal to at least one optical detector. Further, a selecting means is adapted for selecting at least a portion of the two-dimensional optical signal.
Abstract:
Apparatus and techniques for automated optical inspection (AOI) utilizing image scanning modules with multiple objectives for each camera are provided. A scanning mechanism includes optical components to sequentially steer optical signals from each of the multiple objectives to the corresponding camera.
Abstract:
A method to extend the process monitoring capabilities of a semiconductor wafer optical inspection system so as to be able to detect low-resolution effects of process variations over the surface of a wafer at much higher sensitivity than heretofore possible. The method consists, in essence, of grouping sensed pixels by geometric blocks over the inspected surface and comparing each block with a corresponding one from another die on the same wager, from another wager of from a stored model image. In one embodiment of the invention, pixel values are compared directly and differences are thresholded at a considerably lower level than during a defects detection process. In another embodiment, there is calculated a signature for each block, based on the sensed light intensity values, and corresponding signatures are compared.
Abstract:
A method for writing a master image on a substrate includes dividing the master image into a matrix of frames, each frame including an array of pixels defining a respective frame image in a respective frame position within the master image. An electron beam is scanned in a raster pattern over the substrate, while shaping the electron beam responsively to the respective frame image of each of the frames as the electron beam is scanned over the respective frame position, so that in each frame, the electron beam simultaneously writes a multiplicity of the pixels onto the substrate.