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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2010
Abhay Maheshwari, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Raghunandan Chaware, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abhay Maheshwari, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Raghunandan Chaware, Mountain View, CA (US);
Solaria Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a laminated photovoltaic structure includes providing a sheet of transparent material having light concentrating features, disposing adhesive material adjacent to the sheet of transparent material, disposing photovoltaic strips adjacent to the adhesive material, wherein the photovoltaic strips are positioned relative to the sheet of transparent material in response to exitant light characteristics of the light concentrating features, wherein photovoltaic strips are coupled via associated bus bars, wherein gap regions are located between bus bars of neighboring photovoltaic strips, disposing a rigid layer of material adjacent to the photovoltaic strips to form a composite photovoltaic structure; and thereafter laminating the composite photovoltaic structure to fill the gap regions with adhesive material and to form the laminated photovoltaic structure, wherein adhesive material adheres to the bus bars.