Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Announces Its Entry Into Solar Cell Manufacturing Technology
July 13 2010 - 12:00PM
Marketwired
Today, at the Intersolar Trade Show in the Moscone Center West,
Varian (NASDAQ: VSEA) will introduce its newest product into the
photovoltaic manufacturing market. The Varian Solion combines the
best elements of the semiconductor industry's benchmark Varian
VIISta™ product line with innovations developed specifically for
the solar market, resulting in a revolutionary platform that will
accelerate the industry towards grid parity.
The Varian Solion is based on the production-proven VIISta
family and its installed base of over 1200 implanters. It has the
legacy of a highly reliable manufacturing tool and with Varian's
industry leading customer-support organization, new customers can
be assured they will receive leading edge technology and service.
It is targeted at lowering cost and improving manufacturability
while increasing the efficiency of silicon solar cells.
Solion provides innovative and proprietary Precision Patterned
Implant (PPI) technology which enables exceptional junction
engineering capability -- critical for all high efficiency cell
designs. PPI provides customers with a roadmap to greater cell
efficiencies at lower $/Wp.
"We have combined our tremendous depth of knowledge in junction
engineering with our market leading VIISta implant platform to
deliver the only solution that will provide higher efficiency,
tighter binning, reduced process complexity and lower $/Wp to the
PV industry today and for many generations to come," said Jim
Mullin, Vice President and General Manager of Varian Solar
Products. "The response from the industry has been very positive.
We are extremely excited to officially launch the Solion product at
Intersolar NA and join the race towards grid parity."
"A major part of our corporate growth strategy is to expand our
implant technology leadership into adjacent markets where we can
bring highly differentiated value to our customers," said Gary
Dickerson, Chief Executive Officer of Varian Semiconductor. "We
have worked with customers to validate an improvement in cell
efficiency and a reduction in process steps using ion implant in
the solar manufacturing process. Implant can also enable future
advanced high efficiency cell designs at low cost. Varian is
committed to working with our solar customers to achieve a cell
efficiency and cost per watt competitive advantage."
The Varian Solion product will be presented at Intersolar US at
Moscone Center West in San Francisco, CA from July 13 through the
15th. Varian can be found on Level 2 at booth 8447.
About Varian Semiconductor Varian
Semiconductor Equipment Associates is the leading supplier of ion
implant equipment to semiconductor manufacturers, enabling them to
pack more, higher performing transistors into computer chips that
are revolutionizing the electronics industry. Varian
Semiconductor's products are used by chip manufacturers worldwide
to produce high-performance semiconductor devices. Customers have
made Varian Semiconductor the market leader in ion implant because
of its architecturally superior products that lower their costs and
improve their productivity. Varian Semiconductor operates globally
and is headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts. More information
can be found on Varian Semiconductor's web site at
www.vsea.com.
Contacts: Bob Halliday Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 978.282.7597 or Tom Baker Vice President, Finance
978.282.2301
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