Automated assembly and mounting of solar cells on space panels

US9748432B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · US

Inventors

• Marvin B. Clevenger · Albuquerque, US
• Benjamin Richards · Nashua, US
• Cory Tourino · Edgewood, US
• Lei Yang · Albuquerque, US
• Daniel Aiken · Edgewood, US
• Daniel Derkacs · Albuquerque, US
• Philip Blumenfeld · Trabuco Canyon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Semiconductors
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods of fabricating a multijunction solar cell panel in which one or more of the steps are performed using an automated process. In some embodiments, the automated process uses machine vision.