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SunPower is currently shipping the highest efficiency commercial solar panel in the 20% efficiency E-series with high reliability, and proven high energy yield per rated watt [1,2]. This paper discusses the next generation SunPower solar cell, the Maxeon Gen III used in the recently launched X-series modules. Higher efficiency, improved field performance from lower temperature coefficient, improved reliability due to low reverse breakdown voltage and a uniform dark appearance are the characteristics of this technology. The SunPower Maxeon Gen III solar cell is a high efficiency design intended to reduce cost throughout the value chain by improved performance. The improved efficiency is due to a passivated contact structure lowering the cell emitter recombination to approximately 15 fA/cm 2 [3]. The process is currently in full scale manufacturing at approximately 100 MW per year in the SunPower's Fab2 production facility in the Philippines.

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A highly manufacturable self-aligned contact ETOX TM NOR flash memory technology scalable beyond the 40nm node is presented. The technology has been demonstrated on an MLCcapable 256Mb array at the 65nm node with the smallest cell area (0.036 m 2 ) reported to date. Key features include aggressively scaled drain space, symmetric S/D layout for superior lithography and device scaling, novel self-aligned contact integration with excellent spacer reliability, and equivalent CMOS performance to the conventional ETOX TM process flow.