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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Eric M. Rehder, Los Angeles, CA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
At least one solar cell is mounted to a flexible substrate using an adhesive, wherein: the flexible substrate includes at least one insulating layer and at least one conductive layer patterned on the insulating layer as one or more traces for making electrical connections with the solar cell; the traces on the flexible substrate are unencapsulated and at least some of the traces remain exposed after the solar cell is mounted to the flexible substrate; the solar cell is positioned above the traces on the flexible substrate; and a backside metal layer of the solar cell does not make contact to the traces on the flexible substrate when the solar cell is mounted on the flexible substrate. The result is a rollable solar array or panel having a reduced stress energy and a reduced minimum rolling radius as compared to a baseline solar cell mounted to a baseline flexible substrate.