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Patent No.:

US 11611006 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2018

Automated reel processes for producing solar modules and solar module reels

Applicant:

Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cameron Hosken, Redwood City, CA (US);

David Okawa, San Bruno, CA (US);

Thierry Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Tamir Lance, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Jason Kalus, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd., Marina Bay Financial Centre, SG;

Attorney:

Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Niki Bakhtiari

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0465 (2014.01); H01L 31/044 (2014.01); H01L 31/0443 (2014.01); H01L 31/20 (2006.01); H02S 50/00 (2014.01); H01L 31/049 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01); H01L 31/05 (2014.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); H02S 50/15 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0465 (2014.12); H01L 31/044 (2014.12); H01L 31/049 (2014.12); H01L 31/0443 (2014.12); H01L 31/0516 (2013.01); H01L 31/1876 (2013.01); H01L 31/206 (2013.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.12); H02S 40/32 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12); H02S 50/00 (2013.01); H02S 50/15 (2014.12); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

This specification describes automated reel processes for producing solar modules and solar module reels. In some examples, a method includes receiving a continuous feed of photovoltaic devices on a photovoltaic device sheet. The method includes locating and bypassing one or more defective photovoltaic devices on the photovoltaic device sheet. The method includes installing bussing for the photovoltaic devices on the photovoltaic device sheet. The method includes feeding the photovoltaic device sheet to an encapsulation system to output a photovoltaic module sheet.

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