Meyer Burger Group member Pasan SA has won the Solar Industry Award 2012 in the Photovoltaic Tool category for its DragonBack™ measurement method for high efficiency modules at a ceremony held at the 27th EU PVSEC in Frankfurt.
The new high efficiency solar cell technologies, including the innovative heterojunction cells from Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN), require new performance measurement methods. Until now, the performance of high efficiency cells was measured in production using continuous light sources which significantly increased the cost of cell production. The PV industry required a technologically advanced and cost effective solution for accurately determining the electrical performance of the new generation of modules in production environments. Pasan’s unique DragonBack™ approach optimises the measurement process in proven high accuracy solar simulators. This extremely accurate and cost effective solution has been awarded the Solar Industry Award 2012.
The ground-breaking DragonBack™ technology, developed by Pasan in cooperation with the SUPSI-ISAAC- Swiss PV Module Test Centre, is a completely new measurement method which combines extremely precise and repeatable measurements with the throughput required in production to measure the performance of high efficiency and high capacity cells such as those produced using heterojunction technology. The DragonBack™ measurement method exceeds industry requirements of maximum measurement reliability, low takt time, low TCO and ease-of-use. It is based on a dynamic sweep of the voltage ramp in a series of steps that enable the current voltage characteristics to be accurately determined using a pulse of 10 ms. The DragonBack™ measurement method is available on Pasan’s new HighLIGHT solar simulator. Manufacturers using a Pasan SunSim platform can upgrade to the HighLIGHT with a simple upgrade of the electronic load.
The annual Solar Industry Awards recognise innovative manufacturing and product approaches that have the potential to change the way we live. Pasan was presented with its award in the Photovoltaic Tool category at the ceremony on 24 September during the 27th EU PVSEC exhibition in Germany.
Additional information:
Pasan SA
Rajesh Ambigapathy
Tel: +41 32 391 16 82
Rajesh.Ambigapathy@pasan.ch
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd
Ingrid Carstensen
Tel: +41 33 221 28 34
ingrid.carstensen@meyerburger.com
About Meyer Burger Technology Ltd
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Meyer Burger is a leading global technology Group. Our innovative systems and production equipment create sustainable value for our customers in photovoltaics (solar industry), in the semiconductor and optoelectronic industries as well as other selected industries which focus on semiconductor materials. The Group currently employs more than 2,500 people across three continents. In our core business – photovoltaics – integrated systems and solutions which increase manufacturing performance and efficiency are the cornerstones of our corporate strategy. The Meyer Burger Group’s industry expertise and leading photovoltaic technologies along the entire value chain encompass all important production processes, systems and equipment for solar production from wafers to building integrated solar systems.
The Group’s core competencies cover a broad range of production processes, machines and systems that are used for the production of ultra-thin, high quality wafers, for coating and optimising as well as inspection and measurement of high performance solar cells, for laminating, soldering and testing of solar modules and for building-integrated solar systems.
A worldwide service network including spare parts, consumables, re-grooving services, process know-how, customer support, after-sales services, training and other services completes the Group’s comprehensive product portfolio. Meyer Burger Group is represented in Europe, Asia and North America in the respective key markets and has subsidiaries and own service centres in China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan and the USA. The company relies on selected independent agents in other important markets. The registered shares of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (Ticker: MBTN).
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