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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2022
Applicant:
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Nikhil Bhandari, Perrysbury, OH (US);
Matthew Davis, East Rochester, NY (US);
Rhett Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Wickersham, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 19/90 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 19/904 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01);
Abstract
According to the embodiments provided herein, an island in a regular, closed shape is ablated in a first conductive layer. An interconnect is formed through the island, using the island as an alignment fiducial. The island and the interconnect are isolated from the remainder of the first conductive layer.