Solar array strip and a method for forming the same
Patent
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OSTI ID:5626000
A flexible solar array strip is formed by providing printed circuitry between flexible layers of a nonconductive material, depositing solder pads on the printed circuitry, and storing the resulting substrate on a drum from which it is then withdrawn and advanced along a linear path. Solderless solar cells are serially transported into engagement with the pads and are infrared radiation to melt the solder and attach the cells to the circuitry. Excess flux is cleaned from the solar cells which are then encapsulated in a protective coating. The resulting array is then wound on a drum.
- Assignee:
- ERA-05-013293; EDB-80-033416
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4133697
- OSTI ID:
- 5626000
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 24 Jun 1977
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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