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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:

Solarcity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pablo Gonzalez, Fremont, CA (US);

Rey Ilagan, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

SolarCity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0463 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0463 (2014.12);
Abstract

A targeted-annealing system can automatically cure a conductive paste that may bind cascaded strips of a string together without damaging the strips. The targeted-annealing system can process strings of cascaded strips on a supporting surface, and can anneal conductive paste between overlapping strips by blowing heated air on the overlapping sections of the strips. An air nozzle shaped to target the overlapping sections may provide the heated air. The supporting surface may include a porous material that allows a vacuum to pull on the cascaded strips from below the surface during the annealing process.


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