Inventors:
Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Frosch
Ernest N. Costogue - Tujunga CA
Roy G. Downing - Torrance CA
Orwin Middleton - Reseda CA
Robert L. Mueller - Azusa CA
Robert K. Yasui - Monterey Park CA
Fred J. Cairo - Los Angeles CA
Jerry K. Person - Los Angeles CA
International Classification:
H01L 3118
Abstract:
A machine for attaching solar cells to a flexible substrate having printed circuitry deposited thereon. The strip is fed through a first station in which solar cells are elevated into engagement with solder pads for the printed circuitry and thereafter heated by an infrared lamp, a second station at which flux and solder residue is removed, a third station at which electrical performance of the soldered cells is determined, a fourth station at which an encapsulating resin is deposited on the cells, a fifth station at which the encapsulated solar cells are examined for electrical performance and a final station at which the resulting array is wound on a take-up drum.