Patent ID: 8016007

Claim:
A system to interconnect a plurality of solar cells to form a solar cell string for solar cell modules, comprising: a support device including a plurality of support members arranged in a row and extending along a horizontal plane of the support device; an assembly station including an assembly platform to receive the support device and form an assembled solar cell string in the support device by placing the plurality of solar cells into the support device such that each solar cell is placed over one of the support members of the plurality of support members and each solar cell is electrically interconnected to any solar cell located adjacent thereto by conductive leads, the conductive leads being attached to the solar cells with a conductive adhesive; a curing station including a heating platform to receive the support device with the assembled solar cell string from the assembly station, wherein the heating platform heats the support members carrying the solar cells to cure the adhesive attaching the conductive leads to the solar cells of the assembled solar cell string; a cooling station including a cooling platform to receive the support device with the assembled solar cell string from the curing station, wherein the cooling platform cools the support members carrying the solar cells to solidify the adhesive attaching the conductive leads to the solar cells, thereby forming the solar cell string; and a carrier to transport the support device among the assembly station, the curing station and the cooling station.