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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Applicant:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Imran Khan, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Markus Gloeckler, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Jigish Trivedi, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Thomas Truman, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H05B 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); G01R 31/40 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 (2013.01); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H02S 50/00 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A apparatus and method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module includes components for heating the module and applying an electrical bias to the module to improve photovoltaic module performance and manufacture multiple photovoltaic modules with similar performance.