APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING RECTANGULAR SEEDS

摘要

An apparatus for producing rectangular seeds for use in semiconductor or solar material manufacturing includes a template (202) having a top surface and parallel slots (204), and an adhesive layer connected to the top surface of the template. The adhesive layer includes alignment lines aligned with the parallel slots. The apparatus also includes quarter sections (904) made of a semiconductor or solar material and connected to the alignment layer. An interface between a rectangular seed portion and a curved wing portion of each quarter section is aligned with at least one of the alignment lines. A wire web is adapted to slice through the interface of each quarter section to separate the rectangular seed portions from the curved wing portions to produce rectangular seeds.