公开(公告)号：US09960301B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US15076081

申请日：2016-03-21

Applicant: ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Robert Minelli

IPC: H01L31/18 ,  H05K3/30 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H05K3/28 ,  H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H05K3/00

CPC classification number: H01L31/0504 ,  H01L31/02008 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/188 ,  H05K1/189 ,  H05K3/0058 ,  H05K3/281 ,  H05K3/305 ,  H05K2201/015 ,  H05K2201/0154 ,  H05K2201/10121 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y02P70/613

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.