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Technology & Manufacturing<br />

Fully Integrated, Automated and Continuous Thin Film Process<br />

Glass in<br />

~2.5 hours<br />

Semiconductor<br />

Deposition<br />

Final Assembly<br />

& Test<br />

Cell Definition<br />

Module out<br />

<br />

<br />

99% reduction in high-cost<br />

semiconductor material<br />

Fully integrated, continuous<br />

process vs. batch processing<br />

Large (2’x4’) substrate vs. 6”<br />

wafers<br />

vs. Crystalline Silicon Batch Processing<br />

Feedstock Ingot Wafer <strong>Solar</strong> Cell<br />

<strong>Solar</strong> Module<br />

MD-5-921 US October 2007 10

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