US 12,132,139 B2
Solar cell panel manufacturing apparatus, solar cell panel manufacturing method, and solar cell panel
Tomohiro Tsutsui, Tokyo (JP); Akira Inoue, Tokyo (JP); Chinatsu Sanda, Tokyo (JP); and Katsumi Ono, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/771,840
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/037685
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/131219, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-237775 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376129 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/05 (2014.01)
CPC H01L 31/188 (2013.01) [H01L 31/0504 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar panel manufacturing apparatus, comprising:
a stage configured to receive a substrate;
a pressing plate configured to retain a position of a solar cell relative to the substrate, to press an adhesive applied on the substrate and thereby spread the adhesive via the solar cell, and to retain the position of the solar cell relative to the substrate while the adhesive is being pressed, the solar cell being arranged at a predetermined position on the adhesive;
a head configured to arrange the solar cell at the predetermined position on the adhesive applied on the substrate and to transport the solar cell, the pressing plate being provided in the head, and the head comprises a support configured to support a curing unit such that the curing unit is shiftable in a direction in which the pressing plate presses the adhesive; and
the curing unit is configured to cure only a part of the adhesive spread between the substrate and the solar cell to a strength for retaining the position of the solar cell relative to the substrate, in a state in which the pressing plate presses the adhesive and retains the position of the solar cell relative to the substrate, and to shift relative to the pressing plate while the pressing plate is retaining the solar cell, and thereby remain in contact with the solar cell.