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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1990
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photovoltaic device and a process for manufacturing a photovoltaic device which includes providing a plurality of spaced transparent electrode layer regions on an insulating transparent substrate plate, forming an amorphous semiconductor layer over the spaced transparent electrode layer regions, forming a patterned conductive printed electrode layer over the amorphous semiconductor layer to form a plurality of photovoltaic regions, and then irradiating the photovoltaic regions with a laser beam from the substrate plate side to heat and melt the transparent electrode, amorphous semiconductor, and conductive printed electrode in each photovoltaic region, thereby forming in each photovoltaic region a conductive path made of an alloy formed by the melting, thus electrically connecting the photovoltaic regions in series.