Assembly techniques for solar cell arrays and solar cells formed therefrom
US8361827B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/50
Abstract
An assembly technique for assembling solar cell arrays is provided. During the fabrication of a solar cell, openings through the semiconductor layer are etched through to a top surface of the backmetal layer. The solar cells include an exposed top surface of the backmetal layer. A plurality of solar cells are assembled into a solar cell array where adjacent cells are interconnected in an electrically serial or parallel fashion solely from the top surface of the solar cells.
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