Patent ID: 8138413

Claim:
An article comprising in combination, a first photovoltaic cell and an interconnection component wherein, said photovoltaic cell has an upward facing light incident top surface, said interconnection component comprises a sheetlike substrate having a top upward facing side and a bottom downward facing side, a first portion of said sheetlike substrate is transparent or translucent and has said downward facing side formed by a polymeric adhesive, a first pattern of electrically conductive material is positioned on said downward facing side of said first portion, said combination is further characterized as having said downward facing side of said first portion and said light incident top cell surface facing each other such that a portion of said first pattern is in direct physical contact with said light incident top cell surface, said first pattern extends over a preponderance of said light incident top cell surface, at least a portion of said upward facing side of said sheetlike substrate is formed by additional polymeric adhesive, and wherein, said interconnection component further comprises additional electrically conductive material extending from said downward facing side to said upward facing side of said sheetlike substrate, and further extending over said additional polymeric adhesive, said additional electrically conductive material being in ohmic electrical communication with said first pattern.