Motech Selects Esatto Technology for Double Printing Solar Cells

Motech Solar has installed and qualified an Applied Baccini back-end line for double printing, using the system's newly released Esatto Technology to manufacture its new cell design.

Aaron Hand, Editor-in-Chief -- PV Society, 10/21/2009

Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) announced that Motech Solar (Tainan, Taiwan) has installed and qualified an Applied Baccini back-end line for double printing applications at its facility in Tainan. Motech Solar will use the system's Esatto Technology, which Applied introduced last month, to manufacture its new crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cell design.

Motech Solar will use the newly released Baccini Esatto Technology for double printing applications on its new c-Si solar cell design.

"We've successfully used Baccini systems for cell production for five years," noted Kuo En Chang, president of Motech's Solar Division. "We recently installed Baccini's new Esatto Technology for double printing our new cell architecture, and have had outstanding results. As a long-term collaborator with Applied Baccini, we look forward to continuing our close relationship for future development."

The Esatto Technology was designed specifically for multiple printing applications, incorporating such advances as high-resolution imaging, screen alignment and advanced process control, said Davide Spotti, vice president and general manager of Applied's Baccini cell systems. "We are pleased to be collaborating with Motech to further optimize the solar cell configurations in their technology roadmap," he said. "Baccini's systems solution, using the Esatto Technology platform, provides a unique capability to help Motech and other customers upgrade Baccini lines to rapidly transition advanced cell designs to full-scale production and market acceptance."