Process and quality control for PV Si wafer and solar cell manufacturing requires marking the wafers or solar cells with code that uniquely identifies their origin and date of manufacturing.
Future legal requirements also may request such a code.
A unique identification of manufacturer and its location has to be part of this code.
This Practice intends to establish a system of identification numbers for the PV industry, similarly to the one that is well established in the semiconductor industry (SEMI AUX001).
This Practice covers the assignment of identification numbers for crystalline PV Si brick and wafers as well as Si solar cell manufacturers and their locations.
It does not cover module manufacturers, thin film solar cell manufacturers and PV concentrator manufacturers.
Referenced SEMI Standards
None.
