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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2016
Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, VA (US);
Robert Minelli, Burke, VA (US);
Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
A flexible, lightweight photovoltaic cell array includes one or more individual photovoltaic cell strings attached to a polyimide film substrate and covered with a polyvinyl fluoride film. Each photovoltaic cell string includes one or more photovoltaic cells attached to a flexible printed circuit board. The photovoltaic cell array may be manufactured by a method that includes bonding at least one photovoltaic cell to a flexible printed circuit board, mounting the flexible printed circuit board on a polyimide film substrate, and covering the flexible printed circuit board with a substantially transparent polyvinyl fluoride film.