Patent ID: 8110737

Claim:
An article comprising a combination of a first photovoltaic cell and an interconnection component, said first photovoltaic cell comprising semiconductor material and having a light incident, upward facing top surface formed of a transparent or translucent first conductive material, said interconnection component being flexible and further comprising a substrate having a sheetlike form whereby said substrate has length and width, wherein the length and width are greater than thickness, said substrate comprising one or more polymeric layers, and further having a downward facing first side and an upward facing second side, said interconnection component further characterized as having a collection region and an interconnection structure, said collection region comprising a transparent or translucent portion of said substrate wherein the downward facing first side is formed of the one or more polymeric layers, said collection region further characterized as having a pattern comprising a second electrically conductive material, said pattern positioned directly on said first side, and not including any of said first conductive material forming said top surface of said first photovoltaic cell, said interconnection structure comprising additional electrically conductive material extending from said first side to said second side of said substrate, and further extending over a portion of said second side, said additional conductive material being in ohmic electrical communication with said second electrically conductive material of said pattern, said combination characterized as having said portion of said substrate associated with said collection region overlaying said light incident top surface of said first photovoltaic cell such that a portion of said second electrically conductive material of said pattern is in direct physical contact with said transparent or translucent first conductive material forming said light incident top surface of said first photovoltaic cell and, said pattern extends over a preponderance of said light incident surface.