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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Loscutoff, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Taeseok Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Morse, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter John Cousins, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kevin Mikio Mukai, Richmond, CA (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01B 1/22 (2006.01); H01L 31/068 (2012.01); H01B 1/20 (2006.01); H01L 31/0745 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022441 (2013.01); H01B 1/20 (2013.01); H01B 1/22 (2013.01); H01L 31/0682 (2013.01); H01L 31/0745 (2013.01); Y02E 10/547 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar cell can include a substrate and a semiconductor region disposed in or above the substrate. Selective firing of a conductive paste can be used to form a conductive contact for a solar cell. The solar cell can also include a conductive contact disposed on the semiconductor region with the conductive contact including a conductive paste that has a top and bottom portion with the top portion having particles coalesced together.