Patent ID: 7999175
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: H01L,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An interdigitated back contact solar cell comprising a substrate having a rear surface and an opposing front surface; a plurality of interdigitated diffusion regions formed in the rear surface of the substrate, the plurality of interdigitated diffusion regions including a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region having a first doping concentration and extending a first depth into the substrate from the rear surface, and a third diffusion region having a second doping concentration and extending a second depth into the substrate from the rear surface, the third diffusion region being disposed between the first and second diffusion regions; and a plurality of grooves defined between a corresponding pair of side walls that extend from the rear surface into the substrate, each of the plurality of grooves being disposed between an associated adjacent pair of said plurality of interdigitated diffusion regions such that the first diffusion region is separated from the third diffusion region by a first groove, and the second diffusion region is separated from the third diffusion region by a second groove, wherein each of the plurality of interdigitated diffusion regions extends continuously between an associated adjacent pair of said plurality of grooves such that said third diffusion region extends from a first side wall of said first groove to a second side wall of said second groove, and wherein each of said plurality of grooves having a third depth into the substrate from the rear surface that is greater than the first and second depths.