Patent ID: 7910035

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an integrated concentrator photovoltaic solar cell, the method comprising: providing a first mold member, a second mold member, and a third mold member; providing a photovoltaic member coupled to the first mold member; coupling the first mold member to the third mold member to form a first volume bounded in part by the photovoltaic member, the first mold member, and the third mold member; transferring a first material into the first volume to substantially fill the first volume; curing the first material in the first volume to create a zone of isolation separating the photovoltaic member from adjacent photovoltaic members; releasing the third mold member; coupling the first mold member to the second mold member to form a second volume bounded in part by the photovoltaic member, the first mold member, and the second mold member; transferring a second material into the second volume to partially fill the second volume; curing the second material in the second volume to form an encapsulant layer coupled to the photovoltaic member; transferring a third material into the third volume to substantially fill the second volume; curing the third material in the second volume to form a concentrator element coupled with the encapsulant layer coupled with the photovoltaic member; releasing the photovoltaic member, the second material, the first mold member, and the second mold member.