IP Library Granted Patent US 9,748,420
Granted Patent B2
US 9,748,420 · App. 14/780,752 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

High accuracy module assembly process

Inventors: Rainer Krause (Mainz-Kostheim, DE); Eric Mazaleyrat (Crolles, FR)
Assignee: Saint-Augustin Canada Electric Inc.
H01L31/024H01L31/02327H01L31/02366H01L31/052H01L31/0543Y02E10/52
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Patent No.
US 9,748,420
App. No.
14/780,752
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an assembling method for a base plate of a concentrated photovoltaic module comprising the steps of: assembling a heat sink on the base plate; and assembling a photovoltaic cell assembly on the heat sink after the heat sink has been assembled on the base plate.

Claims (15)

1. A method comprising the steps of:

assembling a heat sink on a base plate of a concentrated photovoltaic module; and

assembling a photovoltaic cell assembly on the heat sink after the heat sink has been assembled on the base plate;

wherein the method further comprises a step of marking the heat sink, once assembled on the base plate, with position markings indicating a mounting position of the photovoltaic cell assembly;

wherein the step of assembling the photovoltaic cell assembly on the heat sink is carried out by using the position markings for the alignment of the photovoltaic cell assembly.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the photovoltaic cell assembly comprises a photovoltaic cell.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the photovoltaic cell assembly further comprises a semiconductor structure on which the photovoltaic cell is assembled.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising the step of assembling the photovoltaic cell on the semiconductor structure with a semiconductor manufacturing process.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the step of marking the heat sink comprises marking the heat sink with position markings based on a position of a lens of the concentrated photovoltaic module.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the position marking is obtained by a laser.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the position of a lens is determined with respect to a common reference point between a lenses layer and the base plate.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the assembling of the photovoltaic cell assembly on the heat sink is realized by means of gluing and/or laser welding.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of marking the heat sink comprises marking the heat sink with position markings based on a position of a lens of the concentrated photovoltaic module.

10. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the step of marking the heat sink comprises marking the heat sink with position markings based on a position of a lens of the concentrated photovoltaic module.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the assembling of the photovoltaic cell assembly on the heat sink is realized by means of gluing and/or laser welding.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 042268 FRAME 0083. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 12, 2018
From: SOITEC SOLAR GMBH
To: SAINT-AUGUSTIN CANADA ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 047571/0084 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2017
From: SOITEC SOLAR GMBH
To: SAINT-AUGUSTIN CANADA ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 042268/0083 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2016
From: KRAUSE, RAINER; MAZALEYRAT, ERIC
To: SOITEC SOLAR GMBH
Reel/Frame 039453/0227 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 13 52870 · Mar 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160049527A1 · Feb 18, 2016