Electrical busbar and method of fabricating the same

Abstract

The invention generally provides a busbar for use in mechanically and electrically connecting components in a device. The busbar includes a plurality of conductors arranged to provide two opposed end portions and an intermediate portion, wherein each of the conductors has a plurality of intermediate extents that traverse the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion including: (A) an unfused segment where no intermediate extents of the conductors are fused together to form a single consolidated conductor, and (B) a fused segment that includes (i) a limited solidification zone where a majority of the intermediate extents of the conductors are fused together to form a laterally solidified region that provides a single consolidated conductor, (ii) a partial solidification zone where a majority of the intermediate extents of the conductors are fused together to form a vertical solidified region that provides a single consolidated conductor, and (iii) an unsolidified region where all of the intermediate extents of the conductors are not fused together.

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