CN103597739A - Systems and methods for making at least a detachable electrical contact with at least a photovoltaic device - Google Patents

Systems and methods for making at least a detachable electrical contact with at least a photovoltaic device Download PDF

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CN103597739A
CN103597739A CN201280024584.5A CN201280024584A CN103597739A CN 103597739 A CN103597739 A CN 103597739A CN 201280024584 A CN201280024584 A CN 201280024584A CN 103597739 A CN103597739 A CN 103597739A
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Abstract

The present invention provides system and method for making at least a detachable electrical contact with at least a photovoltaic device for testing the photovoltaic device. The system comprises at least a support member and a plurality of contact members adapted to establish the detachable electrical contact with at least the photovoltaic device, wherein a single piece of a material is adapted to form the support member and the contact members.

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A kind of system and method detachably electrically contacting for realizing at least one and at least one photovoltaic device
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to test photovoltaic device, relates in particular to a kind of at least one and at least one dismountable system and method electrically contacting of photovoltaic device realized, and this system and method is tested photovoltaic device in the mode of economy, environmental protection and safety.
Background technology
Solar cell is a kind of solid state device, and it is directly converted to electric energy by photovoltaic effect by solar energy.Solar cell assembling, for the manufacture of solar module, is also referred to as solar panel.Relating to solar power generation, is an application of the sun from solar module produce power.Photovoltaic relates to apply photovoltaic cell and produces electric technology and research field from light, although it is often considered to refer in particular to from sunlight, produces electricity.
Photovoltaic cell is also referred to as solar cell, and it is light to be converted to the semi-conducting material of electric energy.Now, the photovoltaic cell of most of commercial distributions is crystal solar cells, and it is comprised of doped silicon thin slice.In order to set up and to electrically contact with these batteries, contact is set, for example at rear portion and the top of these thin slices, there is use metal layer.Conventionally, rear portion metal layer covers whole Background Region, and top metallization layer is comprised of very narrow finger piece and two or more bus.
In order to obtain high power, solar cell interconnects and assembles solar module.These solar modules are comprised of the battery of several series connection.The metal tape that is called " lug plate " by use, is connected the metallization top of previous battery and the metallization of next battery bottom.In order the resistivity of contact to be dropped to minimum and to obtain and to cross evenly electrically contacting of whole bus, these metal tapes are welded on battery.
In the final stage of producing battery, before battery is assembled into solar module, test solar cell is to determine their quality.Existing measuring technology is assessed the characteristic of different batteries, and existing measuring technology comprises electroluminescence imaging test, shunting thermal imaging test and the test of IV curve, and while using solar simulator, battery must be electrically connected to measuring element.
Electroluminescence be a kind of be the imaging technique that utilizes the anti-principle of photovoltaic cell.Electroluminescence imaging device can be positioned among the electric contact-system for battery and camera system.Whole system must be placed in darkness, so that unique low-down intensity of electroluminescence radiation is strengthened.Without the photon conversion in electronics, but in battery, utilize electric current, in the active regions of battery, found photon simultaneously.Active regions is the whole electron surface that produces photon.Photon cannot directly leave battery, thereby because photon can be reflected around finger piece or bus from rear contact site.By using extremely sensitive digital camera, can see the photon of launching in active regions.
IV curve measuring technology is the built-in function test of battery, and the light source of similar sunlight, can be used electric contact-system and electronic test equipment.Battery is connected with testing equipment, and battery, in similar solar irradiation, is used Electronic Testing.In order to collect the current curve relative with voltage of battery, can be with the whole district (for example, from being shorted to open circuit) of variable load scanning device characteristic, this variable load can be initiatively or passive.
For electroluminescence imaging and IV curve measuring technology, it is very important having electric contact-system.Minimum active regions on the top of the battery of electric contact-system covering generation electronics.Therefore, best electric contact-system can be the inactive region of restriction, and the shade projecting in active regions is minimum.
In addition,, for IV curve measuring technology, having with using welding is very important with similar electrical contact performance.The resistivity of contact must be very low (being equivalent to a solder joint), and contact can be distributed in whole bus equably, so that the Ohmic resistance of bus is just as connecting the same in parallel with connector with welding band.
In general, the electrical connection of solar cell mainly contains two kinds of approach, i.e. spring probe and bent wire.Spring probe comprises the spring of stitch, guiding tube and preloading.In order to contact with the bus of solar cell, several spring probes are arranged in a row and are fixed on fixed lever on bus.The many meticulous installation step of such designing requirement.Very slim and frahile being easy to of cushion pin damaged.It is also very little that the cross section of contact area follows the band being connected with bus to compare.Meanwhile, for each bus, row's spring probe is repetition.
In the situation that using bent wire approach, crooked wire is arranged on bus.Bent wire is fixed on the outside of cell area so that the shade being incident upon on solar cell drops to minimum.On bus, the accurate directrix on wire top needs meticulous assembling.Meanwhile, the design of this complexity makes the limited amount of the unusual little and contact point of cross section of contact.
Therefore, present case is to need a new system, and new system can overcome traditional intrinsic defect of photovoltaic measuring technology.By manufacturing, at least one contact area with at least one photovoltaic device is dismountable to be electrically contacted new system, is used for testing photovoltaic device.Like this, contact and the time that discharges photovoltaic device can be minimum, and can stop vibrations on photovoltaic device to avoid crack, microcrack or the damage of battery surface.
Summary of the invention
Due to the intrinsic aforementioned disadvantages of prior art, main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of convenient and practical improvement, and this improvement has comprised the advantage of prior art, has overcome again the inherent shortcoming of prior art in the mode of economy, environmental protection and safety.
On the one hand, the invention provides for the manufacture of one with the dismountable system that electrically contacts to test photovoltaic device of at least one photovoltaic device, like this can economy, the mode of environmental protection and safety makes to contact and time of discharging photovoltaic device can be minimum, and can stop the vibrations on photovoltaic device (frangible silion cell).Electrically contact and be with closely similar with use welding, for example, most of region of contact (bus) can be contacted, and the minimum active regions that can cover photovoltaic cell, so just there is no or at least can limit the shade of the active regions that projects photovoltaic device.The light of all solar simulators can arrive the surface of photovoltaic device.
On the one hand, the invention provides for the manufacture of at least one and at least one dismountable system that electrically contacts to test photovoltaic device of photovoltaic device.This system comprises at least one holding components and a plurality of contact component, thereby these contact components protrude and tilt to contact area and form certain angle with holding components surface, a plurality of like this contact components are suitable for manufacturing that bus with photovoltaic device is dismountable electrically contacts.Usually, can provide such system for each bus.
Further in this respect, the invention provides a kind of for testing the instrument of at least one photovoltaic device.This instrument at least comprises photovoltaic device and at least one system and a ground plate.This photovoltaic device has with the top of a plurality of electric current set finger pieces and at least one bus with the bottom of metal coating, and bus and metal coating have conductivity like this.This system electrically contacts with the contact area (bus) dismountable first at photovoltaic device top for realizing at least one, this ground plate is realized second of at least one and photovoltaic device bottom and is electrically contacted, and such first electrically contacts with second and electrically contact with photovoltaic device and be connected to current measuring device with test photovoltaic device.As a distortion of the present invention, vehicle chassis component can be replaced by any one parts of system of the present invention and instrument.
On the other hand, the invention provides a kind of for the manufacture of a dismountable method electrically contacting of bus with photovoltaic device, to promote the test of solar cell.The method comprises that at least one is pressed onto system according to the present invention the lip-deep step of solar cell, and the whole top surface of the realization of the contact component of system and solar cell bus electrically contacts like this.
As mentioned above, and other objects of the present invention and various notable feature of the present invention all point out in the feature of claim, and form a part of this disclosure.With reference to accompanying drawing and explanation thereof and embodiments of the invention, the present invention may be better understood, understands the specific objective that service advantages of the present invention and its are used.
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Although specification can explain in conjunction with claim and clearly protect the present invention, by reference to the accompanying drawings and accompanying drawing explanation can better understand the present invention disclosed specific embodiment.The identical same key element of numeral in accompanying drawing.Following accompanying drawing and accompanying drawing explanation are only used to disclosed embodiment is clearly described, are not to limit the protection scope of the present invention described in claim.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows the photovoltaic device schematic diagram described in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 2 shows a string photovoltaic device described in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 3 shows electrically contacting by spring probe approach of the prior art;
Fig. 4 shows electrically contacting by bent wire approach in prior art;
Fig. 5 and Fig. 5 A show described in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention for the manufacture of a dismountable electric contact-system of bus with a photovoltaic device;
Fig. 6 shows the boundary device described in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 7 shows the alignment pin described in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 8 shows the head contact on contact component described in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 9 and Fig. 9 A show described in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention for testing the instrument of photovoltaic device.
Identical Reference numeral in accompanying drawing represents same parts.And all member or the parts of system define with black line in accompanying drawing, these black lines are just for clear, the present invention can have one independent between member or part without any the bulk material on border.
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For reaching the exemplary embodiments that illustration purpose records, in structure and design, can there be a lot of variations.It should be emphasized that, this part explanation and the dismountable ad hoc approach electrically contacting of at least one contact area or the system for the manufacture of at least one and at least one photovoltaic device described do not provide constraints to the present invention.More properly, principle of the present invention can be applicable to the multiple method and structure configuration that electrically contacts Computer-Assisted Design, Manufacture And Test photovoltaic device.Self-evident, according to the needs of different situations, can delete or be equal to replacement scheme of the invention, still, do not departing under the scope of claim or the condition of purport, relevant application or embodiment have been contained in the present invention.
For the object explained and be beneficial to complete understanding the present invention, many details have been described in specific embodiment below.But clearly, those skilled in the art also can implement the present invention under the condition of not knowing these details.
Herein, the quantity of the entry that word " a plurality of " expression is cited is greater than one, word " ", and " at least " do not represent quantity to limit, and means that the quantity of the entry being cited is at least one.Word " device " comprises " instrument " or " machine " or " system " or " instrument " equally.Word " contact area ", " contact " here can mixed finger same things with " bus ".Word " horizontal plane " refers to the plane of photovoltaic device, and word " vertical plane " refers to the direction vertical with the plane of photovoltaic device.
Word " photovoltaic device ", " photovoltaic cell ", " solar cell " here equally can mixed finger same thing with " battery ".Solar cell can be any technology, for example film, crystalline silicon, heterojunction (HIT) etc.
In an exemplary embodiments, the invention provides for realizing at least one with at least one bus of at least one photovoltaic device or contacting dismountable system and method electrically contacting.System of the present invention is can be in a large number cheap produces, for user provide simply, reliable, efficiently, safety, economic environmental protection, fruitful realization and at least one photovoltaic device is dismountable electrically contacts, be used for testing photovoltaic device.
Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of the photovoltaic device 10 in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention.Photovoltaic device 10 can have a top surface, top surface with a plurality of finger pieces 12 with a plurality of bus 14(that are connected with finger piece 12 crosses also referred to as " contact area ") to collect the electric charge of generation.In the lower surface of photovoltaic device 10, metal coating 16 puts on whole lower surface conventionally.The bus 14 of the lower surface of photovoltaic device 10 and the metal coating 16 of lower surface are set up and are electrically contacted as two terminals of photovoltaic device 10 and other electronic units in circuit.
Fig. 2 shows in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention one string 20(also referred to as " solar module ").In order to obtain high power, a plurality of solar cells 10 interconnect and are assembled into solar module 20.These solar modules 20 are comprised of several solar cells 10, and they are connected in series.Among solar module 20, band 22(can be used also referred to as " lug plate " in the metallization top of previous solar cell 10) be connected with the metallization bottom of next solar cell 10.These are with 22 to be conventionally made of metal, for by resistivity decreased to minimum and obtain evenly electrically contacting on whole bus, these are welded on the bus 14 of solar cell 10 with 22.
Fig. 3 shows electrically contacting of the bus 14 by spring probe approach 30 and photovoltaic device 10 of the prior art.Spring probe approach 30 can comprise a plurality of spring probes 32, and spring probe 32 is comprised of the spring of stitch, guiding tube and preloading.For the bus 14 of contact solar cell 10, a plurality of spring probes 32 are arranged in a row and cross and be fixed on fixed lever 34 on bus 14.For the metal layer 16 in the lower surface with at solar cell 10 electrically contacts, solar cell 10 is positioned on vehicle chassis component 36.Vehicle chassis component 36 can have contact device, and this contact device can be pin or vehicle chassis component itself.
Fig. 4 shows electrically contacting of the bus 14 by bent wire 40 and photovoltaic device 10 of the prior art.A plurality of bent wire 42 electrically contact for the bus 14 with photovoltaic cell 10.The end, one end of bent wire 42 can be connected and be arranged in a row thereon with bus 14.The other end end of bent wire 42 can be fixed on the outside fixture 44 in photovoltaic device 10 regions, and fixture 44 can be connected with the electric terminal of photovoltaic tester.Bent wire 42 is arranged in a row to a certain extent the shade being incident upon on photovoltaic device 10 is dropped to minimum.For the metal layer 16 in the lower surface with at photovoltaic device 10 electrically contacts, photovoltaic device 10 can be positioned on vehicle chassis component 36.
Fig. 5 and Fig. 5 A show the dismountable electric contact-system 50 of at least one bus 14 for the manufacture of at least one and at least one photovoltaic device 10 in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention.System 50 consists of at least one holding components 52 and a plurality of contact component 54 that stretches to bus 14 from holding components 52.Contact component 54 can contact bus 14(as shown in Figure 5).Contact component 54 also can not contact bus 14(as shown in Figure 5A).Contact component 54 can form an angle from the surface tilt of holding components 52.Contact component 54 goes for manufacturing with the bus 14(of photovoltaic device 10 also referred to as " contact area ") dismountablely electrically contact.Contact component 54 can be any shape, and some extends also perpendicular to holding components 52 to need only it.These contact components 54 can be arranged to single and be supported parts 52 and hold.They can be arranged in a row and contact with bus to guarantee to electrically contact along bus 14.
Contact component 54 is crooked to stop permanent deformation in regime of elastic deformation, and the height that keeps in touch parts is accurate.Due to only have contact component 54 distortion to determine to put on photovoltaic device 10 power and can be inoperative, therefore such system can not make material aging because of friction.Photovoltaic device 10 can be positioned on vehicle chassis component 36.In an exemplary embodiments of the present invention, another electric contact-system can be integrated on vehicle chassis component 36.
Contact component 54 can produce by the two dimension processing by vehicle chassis component 36.This makes to become possibility with low-cost parts structure sex change system integrated, complexity.For example, limit the degree of freedom of several movably alternative parts, do not need extra integrated step, just can prevent from being integrated in contact area 14 or a photovoltaic device 10 on single mainboard and be damaged.Contact component 54 can be of different sizes to guarantee good contact and make electrically contacting of photovoltaic device 10 exempt from infringement.Because holding components 52 can be bent upwards from centre, can predict at the mid portion upward pressure of photovoltaic device 10 less.Therefore, the contact component 54 of the mid portion of close photovoltaic device 10 can further extend or extend from wider/narrower angle of holding components 52.And when all contact components 54 all contact, holding components is equally applicable to preforming (U-type), and can obtain an accurate horizontal guideline.
Holding components 52 combines contact component 54, on bus 14, is arranged in a row.Holding components 52 is collected the electric current of contact component 54, and electric current is directed to a single contact.In order to reduce the shade impact on photovoltaic device 10, it can be designed to low clearance.Middle part on holding components 52 or its be a reserved space Anywhere, to fix at least one voltage contact 202, and other surfaces that it can electric insulation holding components 52.
In an exemplary embodiments of the present invention, system 50 may further include a plurality of suspension arrangements 56.Each suspension arrangement 56 can be arranged on the end of holding components 52.Suspension arrangement 56 also can be linked togather with rim member 63.Rim member 63 can be extended round at least one vehicle chassis component 36 and photovoltaic device 10, to hold a plurality of hold assembly 57(as shown in Figure 9 A).Rim member 63 can move along with at least one vehicle chassis component 36 and photovoltaic device 10, to promote contacting of contact component 54 and photovoltaic device 10.Suspension arrangement 56 goes for being contained in the holding components 52 on photovoltaic device 10, and suspension arrangement 56 can allow holding components 52 along with suspension arrangement 56 moves like this.Suspension arrangement 56 can be a part for holding components 52.
In an exemplary embodiments of the present invention, each suspension arrangement 56 can comprise at least one hold assembly 57 and at least one horizontal part 58.Horizontal part 58 can be connected hold assembly 57 with holding components 52, in this way, many horizontal parts 58 can allow holding components 52 vertical move relevant to suspension arrangement 56.
Fig. 5 A shows in an exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and hold assembly 57 can be linked togather with the rim member 63 of extending round photovoltaic device 10.Hold assembly 57 is movably with respect to photovoltaic device 10.Rim member 63 can be rotated by the vertical axle of the plane with Fig. 5 A on pivoting device 66.Suspension arrangement 56 can rotatably be linked togather with substrate parts 61, and suspension arrangement 56 can be in coupling components 65 rotation around like this.Frame 63 extends round photovoltaic device 10 motion (on the left side of Fig. 5 A) that can control hold assembly 57, makes in this way hold assembly 57 can not move in the direction of photovoltaic device 10 too far away.
Embodiment shown in Fig. 5 A, at least hold assembly 57 can be by least one insulator 200 and substrate parts electric insulation.An ammeter 201 can be same as the electric current of photovoltaic device 10 generations of measuring in test.At least one independent needle part 202(is as shown in Figure 5A) by insulator (not showing) and holding components 52 isolation, by voltmeter 205, the voltage that independent needle part 202 can produce for measuring photovoltaic device 10.
In another exemplary embodiments of the present invention, suspension arrangement 56 at least can be held by substrate parts 61 round pivoting device 66 and hold assembly 57(pivoting device 66 and hold assembly 57) one of shift, meanwhile, other hold assembly 57 can stop holding components 52 to approach the surface of photovoltaic device.Hold assembly 57 is for being connected with a plurality of buses, so that operation.
In another exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the photovoltaic device 10 on vehicle chassis component 36 can move to hold assembly 57, to set up electrically contacting of bus 14 and contact component 54.
According to one embodiment of present invention, metallograph parts 36 can be fix and contact component 54 is movably, thereby set up and electrically contact with bus 14.
At least one hold assembly 57 is rotating movements that are connected to realize suspension arrangement 56 with at least one rim member 63 and substrate parts 61.
Horizontal part 58 makes hold assembly 57 and to stop other to move with respect to holding components 52 horizontal movements.If because power or speed too greatly this contact can not occur, horizontal part 58 can the power of interceptions on photovoltaic device 10 become too large.
In one embodiment of the invention, each suspension arrangement 56 also comprises a boundary device 59, and a plurality of horizontal parts 58 can be coupled together with holding components 52 by boundary device 59.
Boundary device 59 with reference to shown in Fig. 6, has shown one embodiment of the present of invention.The scope moving both vertically of holding components 52 can be used the space boundary between boundary device 59 and hold assembly 57.Thereby moving both vertically of holding components 52 can be avoided exceeding by 59 restrictions of boundary device the elastic limit of vertically-guided parts.Boundary device 9 can limit holding components 52 moving both vertically with respect to suspension arrangement 56.
In order to expand the range of movement of suspension arrangement 56, the initial upright position of holding components 52 can make holding components 52 be pressed towards photovoltaic device 10. by pre-compressed spring or to the default stress of horizontal part 58
In one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of contact components 54 comprise that at least one damping part 55(as shown in Figures 5 to 7).When at least one horizontal part 58, holding components 52, contact component 54 or their combination in any move to realize while electrically contacting to photovoltaic device 10, and damping part 55 can play cushioning effect.Damping part 55 does not preferably have any contact with photovoltaic device 10.Damping part 55 can be near isolated part 203(as shown in Figure 5A).
In another embodiment of the present invention, each damping part 55 is positioned at the end of holding components 52, makes a plurality of contact components 54 between a pair of damping part 55.When contact component 54 is during near photovoltaic device 10, damping part 55 can be parked on vehicle chassis component 36, thereby stops the too large power that produces while electrically contacting or speed and clash into photovoltaic device 10.Damping part can be set up and not be parked in or contact photovoltaic device 10, to avoid photovoltaic device 10 to suffer the possible infringement from damping part 55.
Damping part 55 can be first part contacting with isolated part 203 in system 50, and before any contact component 54 and photovoltaic device 10 produces and contact, damping part 55 may clash into vehicle chassis component 36 and buckle.Make the deformation energy of damping part 55 bendings can absorb a certain amount of kinetic energy of holding components 52, and can reduce the concussion between contact component 54 and the photovoltaic device 10 of fragility.
If vehicle chassis component 36 is made by electric conducting material and contact (as shown in Figure 1) with photovoltaic device 10 back-metal layer 16, at this moment can between vehicle chassis component 36 and damping part 55, additional separator be set.
According to another embodiment of the invention, Fig. 7 has shown a plurality of alignment pins 65.System 50 also comprises a plurality of alignment pins 65, is associated with a plurality of contact components 54 between contact component 54 and holding components 52.When system 50 moves to realize when being arranged on the electrically contacting of bus 14 of the photovoltaic device 10 above vehicle chassis component 36 to photovoltaic device 10, alignment pin 65 can extend from holding components 52, and stops contact component 54 bendings too large to such an extent as to exceed its elastic deformation scope.
According to one embodiment of present invention, Fig. 8 has shown the head end contact on contact component 54.A plurality of contact components 54 with projection 68 can produce and better electrically contact with the bus 14 that is arranged on vehicle chassis component 36 photovoltaic device 10 above.
Each contact component 54 is made by an independent spring leaf.In order to realize and the contacting of photovoltaic device 10, these parts have slight deformation to increase the power of contact.At the tip of each contact component 54, be added with projection 68, be used for limiting position and the surface electrically contacting, and the work that plays high-abrasive material is in order to extend the life-span of contact.The wearing and tearing of the contact position electrically contacting, surface and contact component 54, all can affect the contact resistance with photovoltaic device 10.By using the projection 68 of contact component 54, wearing and tearing can not change position or contact surface, make resistance keep constant, thereby improve the reliability of measuring.
In one embodiment of the invention, holding components 52 and a plurality of contact component 54 can consist of single piece of material.This makes system 50 because manufacturing and need not assemble for consisting of one piece material so being easy to very much.It can not produce the therefore yet not wearing and tearing of part of friction.The shape of contact component 54 and quantity can freely select to make to contact be with 18 more approach or at least set up one constant and can too diverse contact not occur because of measuring number of times in time
In one embodiment of the invention, holding components 52 aligns with bus 14.
In one embodiment of the invention, the width of contact component 54 can be less than the width of the bus of photovoltaic device 10 14.In another embodiment of the present invention, the width of contact component 54 can equate with the width of the bus 14 of photovoltaic device 10.By making the width of contact component 54 less and reduce its height than the width of bus 14, thereby stop shadow-casting on the active regions of photovoltaic device 10.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the width of any one holding components 52 and contact component 54 can be slightly larger than bus 14, even if make also to have constant shadow-casting in the situation that of alignment tolerance on photovoltaic device 10.As long as holding components 52 protrudes on the both sides of bus 14, shadow region just can be found out.Learnt that how many shadow-castings are on photovoltaic device 10, just can electronic compensation.
In one embodiment of the invention, the surface of system 50 can be colored, for example, and black, and have a coarse structure to avoid light reflection.
In one embodiment of the invention, system 50 is at least made by a kind of electric conducting material.This electric conducting material can be selected from the following bill of materials, comprises CuNi25Znl2, CuNi25Zn8, and CuNi25Znl7, CuNi45, copper, nickel, zinc, magnesium, with the plastics of electric conducting material or their combination in any.If with plastics, after it, can be metallized.
In one embodiment of the invention, the manufacture of system 50 can be by least one in following a series of processing methods, i.e. casting, extruding, molded, machine work, by using laser, water part, fret saw, spark machined, grinds milling, line electroerosion, chemical process, boring, conventional machining or their combination in any.
According to one embodiment of present invention, Fig. 9 A has shown the instrument 100 of test photovoltaic device 10.Instrument 100 at least comprises photovoltaic device 10, at least comprise that system 50(is as shown in Fig. 5 and 5A) be used for realizing at least one at least at least electrically contacting with dismountable first of bus 14 at the top of photovoltaic device 10, and vehicle chassis component 36 is used for realizing at least with second of the bottom of photovoltaic device 10 and electrically contacts, make first to electrically contact with second and electrically contact and photovoltaic device 10 is connected to test this photovoltaic device 10 with current measuring device.According to one embodiment of present invention, vehicle chassis component 36 can be by any one replacement in the middle of the system 50 in the present invention or instrument 100.
In the bright embodiment of this law, a kind of realization at least electrically contacts with at least dismountable of at least bus 14 of photovoltaic device 10, to realize the method for measuring photovoltaic device 10, step comprises system 50 is pressed onto on the surface of photovoltaic device 10, a contact area of the contact component 54 of system 50 and the end face of bus 14 or photovoltaic device 10 realized and electrically contacted.
After knowing the rigidity of horizontal part 58 and contact component 54, contact force size can be measured and standard with a single range sensor.This transducer can be measured the distance between horizontal part 58 and the holding components 52 of motion.Transducer can be optics, machinery, acoustics or other types.In addition, thus strain gauge can be located at measures their deformation on horizontal part 58 or holding components 52.
The arrangement of contact component 54 can be very flexible, can redesign and be applicable to the almost design of any photovoltaic device 10.Thereby can change motion or the power that contact allows by the distance that screw changes between particular element.
In one embodiment of the invention, for electrically contacting of photovoltaic device 10 bottoms, can be with a system approximate with system 50 (may be static).Contact component 54 can be integrated in vehicle chassis component 36 flexibly, this just with metal level 16(Fig. 1 of photovoltaic device 10) bottom connection touch. for keeping a suction, thereby head or magnet can be integrated in the middle of vehicle chassis component 36 and combine and catch tightly photovoltaic device 10. with system 50
System 50 can be for the solar simulator of single solar cell.It also can be used to contact at least one solar cell of a string 20.It can be used to any equipment, for example longeron, wafer or battery test apparatus or production facility.System 50 can be mainly used in picking up the electric current of solar cell 10.For normal test solar cell 10, IV curve, electric current can test out as the function of voltage.
For IV test, another contact 202(Fig. 5 A) can be integrated for test voltage.Because test can complete in the situation that need not drawing electric current, this contact can be good as the contact of measuring current.Top and wiring that connecting part 205 can be glued to holding components 52 are received on solar cell 10 by a shedding motion in holding components 52 the insides that is located at center.
In each embodiment of the present invention, the operation wherein discussed, for example, referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 9 A, can by computer equipment for example hardware, software, firmware or their combination realize, by computer program, for example comprise that the instruction of storing on machine readable or computer-readable medium or software program control computer to realize the program of being discussed.Machine readable media section one comprises a memory device.For example, the operation of the parts of system 50 and instrument 100 just can be controlled by above-mentioned machine readable media.
In other examples, well-known method, flow process, it is for fear of specific embodiment in the present invention is confused that parts and circuit are not here mentioned.In addition, the various factors of the embodiment of the present invention can be realized by various mode, and integrated semiconductor circuit for example enrolls the computer-readable instruction of one or more programs or the combination of some hardware and softwares.
Although for illustrative purposes, a specific embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in detail, but those skilled in the art should assert disclosed variation of the present invention or modification, comprises the structural rearrangement of part, in size and the variation of size, in difference in shape, be all possible.Therefore, the object of the invention is in order to contain all scheme, modifications and changes that may fall so within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
For the purpose of illustration and description, specific embodiment of the present invention has been made to description.They are not the exact form disclosures of wanting limit or limiting its invention, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in above-mentioned teaching.The selection of embodiment and description are in order to explain best the principle of the present invention and practical application thereof, thereby make other those skilled in the art can utilize best the present invention and various embodiment to realize specific application by various accommodations.As everyone knows, various omissions, be equal to that to replace be contingent, different operation environments may be offered suggestions or suitable replacement equivalent, but the invention is intended to contain all application or the enforcement of the spirit and scope that do not deviate from the claims in the present invention.

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1. a system, for realizing and at least one dismountable electrical connection of at least one photovoltaic device, comprises at least one holding components; And
A plurality of contact components are used for realizing sets up dismountable electrical connection with at least one photovoltaic device.
Wherein holding components and contact component consist of homogenous material.
2. system according to claim 1, wherein at least one suspension arrangement is used for making holding components to move and to rotate, and wherein suspension arrangement consists of described independent a slice of described material.
3. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, wherein suspension arrangement comprises at least one hold assembly and at least one horizontal part, and wherein horizontal part is used for making holding components at least can vertically move with respect to hold assembly.
4. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, also comprise that at least one boundary device is used for limiting holding components with respect to the vertical movement of hold assembly.
5. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, wherein there are a plurality of damping parts, when system plays cushioning effect when photovoltaic device moves to realize with being electrically connected to of photovoltaic device.
6. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, wherein there are a plurality of alignment pins to be associated with a plurality of contact components, prevent that contact component from bending to and exceed its elastically-deformable scope.
7. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, wherein each contact component has at least one projection to realize and being electrically connected to photovoltaic device.
8. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, wherein holding components at least aligns with a contact area of photovoltaic device.
9. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, wherein the width of a plurality of contact components is less or equal than the width of the bus of photovoltaic device.
10. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, wherein said material comprises at least one electric conducting material in the bill of materials, and the bill of materials comprises CuNi25Znl2, CuNi25Zn8, CuNi25Znl7, CuNi45, copper, nickel, zinc, magnesium, with the plastics of electric conducting material or their combination in any.
11. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, and the manufacture of wherein said system is by least one in following a series of processing methods, i.e. casting, extruding, casting, machine work, by using laser, water part, fret saw, spark machined, grinds milling, line electroerosion, chemical process, boring, conventional machining or their combination.
12. according to the system described in aforementioned any claim, and at least one is that by described material one makes in the middle of device, horizontal part and damping part or their combination in any of wherein demarcating.
The instrument of at least one photovoltaic device of 13. 1 kinds of tests, comprising:
At least one has top to be electrically connected to the photovoltaic device being connected with bottom electrical;
At least one system is used to provide with at least one of at least one contact area of photovoltaic device top and dismountable first is electrically connected to, comprise at least one holding components and a plurality of contact component to contact area protrusion and inclination and holding components surface shape at an angle, a plurality of contact components can at least be realized with dismountable first of the contact area at photovoltaic device top and be electrically connected to; And
At least one is at least realized with second of photovoltaic device bottom and being electrically connected to the grounding disc of contact device, the first electrical connection and second is electrically connected to and photovoltaic device is connected to test this photovoltaic device with current measuring device.
Instrument described in 14. aforementioned claims, also comprises the device of the voltage of measuring photovoltaic device contact area.
At least one dismountable method being electrically connected to of 15. 1 kinds of realizations and at least one photovoltaic device, to realize with the instrument test solar cell described in claim 13.
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