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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Yuhao Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhi-min Ling, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuhao Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhi-min Ling, Cupertino, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a method to break and assemble solar cells to make solar panel. The present disclosure provides a method to produce solar pieces from solar cell, as well as assemble them together. The present disclosure device is unique when compared with other known devices and solutions because the present disclosure provides a high speed method to break scribed cells into pieces. A method of forming a string of solar cells includes providing a scribe line on a solar cell and placing a first ribbon on the solar cell. The method then includes placing the solar cell on a supporter and then breaking the solar cell into a plurality of solar cell pieces. The method then has the step of placing a second ribbon on the solar cell pieces and soldering the first and second ribbons and the solar cell pieces and then assembling the solar cell pieces into a string of solar cells.