Conductor fabrication for optical element

Abstract

A system may provide an optical element including conductive material deposited on the optical element using a thick film process, dielectric material disposed on the conductive material and defining an aperture created using photolithography, the aperture exposing a portion of the conductive material, and a solar cell comprising an electrical contact coupled to the exposed portion of the conductive material. Some aspects provide deposition of conductive material on an optical element using a thick film process, deposition of dielectric material on the conductive material, creation of an aperture in the dielectric material using photolithography to expose a portion of the conductive material, and coupling of an electrical contact of a solar cell to the exposed portion of the conductive material.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.