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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2019
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Pei Hsuan Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin I. Hsia, Fremont, CA (US);
David Aaron Randolph Barkhouse, Oakland, CA (US);
David C. Okawa, Redwood City, CA (US);
David F. Kavulak, Fremont, CA (US);
Lewis C. Abra, San Francisco, CA (US);
George G. Correos, Corralitos, CA (US);
Richard Hamilton Sewell, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ryan Reagan, Hayward, CA (US);
Tamir Lance, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Thierry Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method of fabricating solar cell, solar laminate and/or solar module string is provided. The method may include: locating a metal foil over a plurality of semiconductor substrates; exposing the metal foil to laser beam over selected portions of the plurality of semiconductor substrates, wherein exposing the metal foil to the laser beam forms a plurality conductive contact structures having of locally deposited metal portion electrically connecting the metal foil to the semiconductor substrates at the selected portions; and selectively removing portions of the metal foil, wherein remaining portions of the metal foil extend between at least two of the plurality of semiconductor substrates.