Patent ID: 8878562

Claim:
A solar battery panel inspection apparatus for inspecting a solar battery panel including a transparent insulating substrate having a main surface, and a transparent electrode layer, a semiconductor photoelectric conversion layer and a back electrode layer sequentially stacked on said main surface of said transparent insulating substrate, and having an outer circumferential insulating region in which said main surface of said transparent insulating substrate is exposed in proximity to an outer circumference of said transparent insulating substrate, to check an insulation performance of said outer circumferential insulating region, said solar battery panel inspection apparatus comprising: a first terminal to be brought into contact with said transparent electrode layer or said back electrode layer; a second terminal to be brought into contact with a region of or in proximity to an outer circumferential edge of said outer circumferential insulating region; one or more third terminals to be brought into contact with said outer circumferential insulating region between said first terminal and said second terminal; a voltage application unit for applying a voltage each between two terminals selected from said first terminal, said second terminal and said one or more third terminals; and a current detection unit detecting a current flowing between said two terminals to which a voltage is applied by said voltage application unit.