ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,727, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Contacts for solar cells" was invented by Matthieu Moors (Palo Alto, Calif.), David D. Smith (Campbell, Calif.), Gabriel Harley (Mountain View, Calif.) and Taeseok Kim (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a solar cell is disclosed. The method can include forming a dielectric region on a surface of a solar cell structure and forming a metal layer on the dielectric layer. The method can also include configuring a laser beam with a particular shape and directing the laser beam with the particular shape on the metal layer, w...