Lead structure

In a lead (1) to be welded through solder to a pass-bar of a solar battery cell, a plurality of through holes (2) having corners (2a) in the lateral direction of the lead are formed along its longitudinal direction. Consequently, when the lead is disposed on a pass-bar of a solar battery cell and he...

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Main Author TOYAMA, TOSHIO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 04.01.2012
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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Summary:In a lead (1) to be welded through solder to a pass-bar of a solar battery cell, a plurality of through holes (2) having corners (2a) in the lateral direction of the lead are formed along its longitudinal direction. Consequently, when the lead is disposed on a pass-bar of a solar battery cell and heated, the lead (1) and the solar battery cell are subjected to thermal expansion, In such case, due to expansion of the lead (1), stress acts intensively on the corner tip of each through hole. The intensive stress creates a plastic region in the vicinity of the corner tip. Therefore, when the lead (1) is welded to a pass-bar of a solar battery cell and cooled, the lead is inhibited from contracting by the the amount equivalent to the amount of expansion caused by heating due to creation of the plastic region, and bending and thermal stress that acts on the solar battery cell is mitigated.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20050028082