ALMERE, The Netherlands – March 02, 2014 – Levitech BV today announced that one of Taiwan’s largest solar cell manufacturers transferred a Levitrack Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system to manufacturing, and placed an order for a second Levitrack system to be shipped in the second quarter.
“The Levitrack has a proven record in high volume manufacturing and our customer was satisfied with the excellent performance. They decided to order a second system for their expansion for the production of high-efficiency crystalline solar cells. This system will be used for PERC cells – with efficiencies exceeding 20% – , as well as multi-crystalline and n-type products”, said Jaap Beijersbergen, CEO of Levitech.
“This customer chose our Levitrack ALD system based on its significant productivity, cost-of-ownership and process advantages over competitive PECVD and ALD systems for aluminum oxide (Al2O3) applications, Beijersbergen concluded. The Levitrack’s unique spatial ALD process and high throughput result in a superior cost-of-ownership of the overall passivation process flow and helps any client to address current and future technology needs.
About the Levitor
The Levitor is a single-wafer RTP system based on a unique conductive heating and cooling technology. What differentiates this system from the rest of the market is its superior process performance, flexibility, cost-of-ownership and process extendibility. In the Levitor, the wafer floats on a very thin cushion of gas between two blocks. The gas layer between the wafer surface and the reactor blocks enables ultra-fast heating or cooling, while also self-centering the wafer and keeping it suspended at the desired process temperature. The result is very precise heat transfer that is emissivity independent – totally insensitive to the type of film on the wafer.
About Levitech
Levitech is a global player in production solutions for the IC and photovoltaic industries. A spin-off of ASM International, Levitech was established in 2009 around its core product, the Levitor® system. This system is based on a revolutionary patented technology and used in the semiconductor industry for Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP). The Levitor 4300 and Levitor 4200 are leading-edge 300mm and 200mm tools for advanced RTP processes in high volume. The Levitrack™ ALD system is a state-of-the-art production solution for the solar industry and is based on the innovative concept of precursor separation in space, instead of time, in combination with the unique floating wafer and conductive heating technology used in the Levitor RTP products.
Contact
Charles Pap | Investor Relations | charles.pap@levitech.nl | +31-6-4816-7527
