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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1977
Robert A Frosch, , US;
Ernest N Costogue, Tujunga, CA (US);
Roy G Downing, Torrance, CA (US);
Orwin Middleton, Reseda, CA (US);
Robert L Mueller, Azusa, CA (US);
Robert K Yasui, Monterey Park, CA (US);
Fred J Cairo, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jerry K Person, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A machine for attaching solar cells to a flexible substrate having printed circuitry deposited thereon. The strip is fed through a first station in which solar cells are elevated into engagement with solder pads for the printed circuitry and thereafter heated by an infrared lamp, a second station at which flux and solder residue is removed, a third station at which electrical performance of the soldered cells is determined, a fourth station at which an encapsulating resin is deposited on the cells, a fifth station at which the encapsulated solar cells are examined for electrical performance and a final station at which the resulting array is wound on a take-up drum.