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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Robert Bachrach, Burlingame, CA (US);
Wendell T. Blonigan, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Robert Bachrach, Burlingame, CA (US);
Wendell T. Blonigan, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for fabricating large scale PV cell and solar module/panel is disclosed. The method includes designing a PV cell wiring scheme for a number of PV cells and patterning a plurality of features on a large size silicon sheet. A number of large scale silicon sheets, having a number of PV cells on each silicon sheet, can be bonded to a wiring plane to directly manufacture into a solar module/panel. Each PV cell on the solar module is then isolated. Methods of the invention greatly cut down the cost of solar module/panel manufacturing and PV cell assembly.