Technical Papers

Infrared Belt Furnace Application Studies,

IR Furnace Comparisions and Technical Papers

SOURCE	TITLE	TYPE	Link to paper
DuPont Electronics	Advances in PV Metalization Technology in an IR Furnace (Carroll, Poser, Young, Raby, Rose)	White Paper
University of Rio Grande do Sul	Belt Furnace versus Standard Tube Furnace to Product Al BSF (Zanesco, VEleda, et al)	White Paper
Pennsylvania State University	Effect of Rapid Infrared Annealing on the Photoelectrochemical Properties of Anodically Fabricated TiO2 Nanotube Arrays in a LA-306 (Allam, Grimes) - 2009.	White Paper
ECN Solar Energy	Comparison of Diffused Using an IR Belt Furnace and a POCl3 System (Goris, Weeber, Jooss, Huster)	White Paper
ECN Solar Energy	Simple Detailed Fast Firing Furnace Temperature Profiling for Improved Efficiency in Solar Cell Production (Hoornstra, van der Heide, Bultman, Weeber)	White Paper
Ferro Corporation	Screen Printable AG-Al Metal Pastes for P+ Silicon Application in Solar Cells (Seyedmohammadi, Graddy, Shaikh)	White Paper
Ferro Corporation	Characterizataion of Al Back contact in a Silicon Solar Cell (Khadilkar, Shaikh, Sridharan, Pham) - 2005	White Paper
Ferro Corporation	Simultaneous Diffusion of Screen Printed Boron and Phosphorus Paste for Bifacial Silicon Solar Cells (Bueno, Varner, Perez, Lago, Jimeno, Salami, Kerp, Albertsen, Shaikh)	White Paper
Heraeus-Cermalloy Inc	Influence of Fast Infrared Firing on Thick Film Materials(Bube, Fisher).  Tests show equivalent or improved performance with near infrared (IR) firing. An operating cost comparison of conventional wire-wound and IR furnaces with equivalent throughput shows that substantial savings result from using IR firing. IEEE membership or subsciption required.	White Paper
Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells	The Infrared Processing in Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cell Low-Cost Technology (Panek, Lipiniski, Ciach, Drabczyk, Bielanska).  Polish Academy of Sciences & Silesian Technical University - 2003.	White Paper
Y-12 National Security Complex	IR Hot Wave™ Infrared Treatment Furnace for Metals and Metal Alloys.  (Seals, Parrot, DeMint, Finney)  Includes Furnace key feature comparison.	Information Bulletin
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	Retrofitting Infrared Reflow Furnaces. IR furnace retrofit is a viable low-cost alternative to investment in high-cost nitrogen-ready reflow equipment.	Information Bulletin
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	Fluxless Soldering of Flip Chip Assemblies (Dong, Arslanian).  Study conducted to investigate feasibility of using forming gas to assist fluxless soldering of flip chip assemblies. In a forming gas environment, 4 reactions take place at the surface of the liquid solder.	White Paper

Materials for Use with Infrared Furnaces & Ovens

SOURCE	TITLE	TYPE	Link to paper
Ferro Electronic Material Systems	Hybrid Microcircuit Materials: AL456 Aluminum Conductor Paste designed to form a strong bond to a ceramic surface.  Ink can be dried in an IR dryer at 250-350°C	Data Sheet
Ferro Electronic Material Systems	Photovolatic Materials:  PS 33-612 Rear Silver Conductor is a pure silver conductor paste designed to used as a back contact for silicon solar cells.  Fire at 250-300°C	Data Sheet