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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2010
Applicants:
Raymond Chan, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Christopher Youtsey, Libertyville, IL (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Chan, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Christopher Youtsey, Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An assembly technique for assembling solar cell arrays is provided. During the fabrication of a solar cell, openings through the semiconductor layer are etched through to a top surface of the backmetal layer. The solar cells include an exposed top surface of the backmetal layer. A plurality of solar cells are assembled into a solar cell array where adjacent cells are interconnected in an electrically serial or parallel fashion solely from the top surface of the solar cells.