Patent ID: 6576866
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B23K,G02F,H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a thin film component, having a transparent conductive layer on top of an absorber layer, comprising:patterning the transparent conductive layer with a laser, wherein prior to patterning the transparent conductive layer the method comprises the act of determining a wavelength (&lgr;) of the laser, comprising the steps of: (a) defining a lower threshold of the wavelength (&lgr;) as the wavelength in a range of a plasma absorption of the transparent conductive layer at which no thermal damage to the underlying absorber layer occurs; and (b) defining an upper threshold of the wavelength (&lgr;) as the wavelength at which a reflection percentage of the transparent conductive layer is less than 50%.