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US 2003/0192583 A1Published application
Ultrasonic slitting of photovoltaic cells and modules
AssigneeKonarka Technologies, Inc.
InventorJames Ryan
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Abstract
An ultrasonic slitting device cuts and seals the edges of photovoltaic cells and modules to encapsulate the photoactive components in an environment substantially impervious to the atmosphere.
Claims8
A method of manufacturing photovoltaic modules, the method comprising the steps of:
- advancing a plurality of photovoltaic cells;
- and
- ultrasonically dividing a subset of the plurality of photovoltaic cells into one or more photovoltaic modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.