Patent ID: 8664030

Claim:
A method of manufacture of an article combining photovoltaic cell structure and a conductive material pattern suitable for collecting current from a top light incident surface of a photovoltaic cell, said method comprising, providing photovoltaic cell structure to a positioning process, said cell structure having a top light incident surface and comprising semiconductor material, providing a flexible structure to said positioning process, said flexible structure comprising a pattern comprising electrically conductive material arranged on a flexible sheet, said flexible structure being manufactured absent said cell structure, said positioning process comprising, positioning said flexible structure relative to said cell structure such that said pattern extends over a preponderance of said light incident cell surface and at least a portion of said pattern is between said sheet and said top light incident cell surface, said portion of said pattern having a first surface facing said cell top light incident cell surface, causing said first surface of said portion of said pattern to become electrically and mechanically attached to said light incident cell surface, removing a portion of said flexible sheet from said pattern portion after which said pattern portion remains on said top light incident surface.