公开(公告)号：US10686097B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-16

申请号：US16521233

申请日：2019-07-24

Applicant: SOLARIA CORPORATION

Inventor： Kevin R. Gibson ,  Aureo Parilla ,  Manny Castro

IPC: H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/044 ,  H02S40/44

Abstract: In an example, a method includes providing a photovoltaic string comprising a plurality of from 2 to 45 strips, each of the plurality of strips being configured in a series arrangement with each other, each of the plurality of strips being coupled to another one of the plurality of strips using an electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) material, detecting at least one defective strip in the photovoltaic string, applying thermal energy to the ECA material to release the ECA material from a pair of photovoltaic strips to remove the defective photovoltaic strip, removing any residual ECA material from one or more good photovoltaic strip, aligning the photovoltaic string without the damaged photovoltaic strip, and a replacement photovoltaic strip that replaces the defective photovoltaic strip, and curing a reapplied ECA material on the replacement photovoltaic strip to provide the photovoltaic string with the replacement photovoltaic strip.

公开(公告)号：US11211518B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US15930182

申请日：2020-05-12

Applicant: SOLARIA CORPORATION

Inventor： Kevin R. Gibson ,  Aureo Parilla ,  Manny Castro

IPC: H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/044 ,  H02S40/44

Abstract: In an example, a method includes providing a photovoltaic string comprising a plurality of from 2 to 45 strips, each of the plurality of strips being configured in a series arrangement with each other, each of the plurality of strips being coupled to another one of the plurality of strips using an electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) material, detecting at least one defective strip in the photovoltaic string, applying thermal energy to the ECA material to release the ECA material from a pair of photovoltaic strips to remove the defective photovoltaic strip, removing any residual ECA material from one or more good photovoltaic strip, aligning the photovoltaic string without the damaged photovoltaic strip, and a replacement photovoltaic strip that replaces the defective photovoltaic strip, and curing a reapplied ECA material on the replacement photovoltaic strip to provide the photovoltaic string with the replacement photovoltaic strip.

公开(公告)号：US10411153B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15621991

申请日：2017-06-13

Applicant: SOLARIA CORPORATION

Inventor： Kevin R. Gibson ,  Aureo Parilla ,  Manny Castro

IPC: H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/05 ,  H02S40/44 ,  H01L31/044

Abstract: In an example, a method includes providing a photovoltaic string comprising a plurality of from 2 to 45 strips, each of the plurality of strips being configured in a series arrangement with each other, each of the plurality of strips being coupled to another one of the plurality of strips using an electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) material, detecting at least one defective strip in the photovoltaic string, applying thermal energy to the ECA material to release the ECA material from a pair of photovoltaic strips to remove the defective photovoltaic strip, removing any residual ECA material from one or more good photovoltaic strip, aligning the photovoltaic string without the damaged photovoltaic strip, and a replacement photovoltaic strip that replaces the defective photovoltaic strip, and curing a reapplied ECA material on the replacement photovoltaic strip to provide the photovoltaic string with the replacement photovoltaic strip.