Adaptable free-standing metallic article for semiconductors

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PATENT NO 8936709
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14079540

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A free-standing metallic article, and method of making, is disclosed in which the metallic article is electroformed on an electrically conductive mandrel. The metallic article has a plurality of electroformed elements that are configured to serve as an electrical conduit for a photovoltaic cell. A first electroformed element has at least one of: a) a non-uniform width along a first length of the first element, b) a change in conduit direction along the first length of the first element, c) an expansion segment along the first length of the first element, d) a first width that is different from a second width of a second element in the plurality of electroformed elements, e) a first height that is different from a second height of the second element in the plurality of electroformed elements, and f) a top surface that is textured.

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MERLIN SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES INC5891 RUE FERRARI SAN JOSE CA 95138

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Babayan, Steve Los Altos, US 13 172
Brainard, Robert Sunnyvale, US 17 169
Chari, Arvind Saratoga, US 25 271
de, la Fuente Vornbrock Alejandro San Carlos, US 9 56
Murali, Venkatesan San Jose, US 64 719
Prabhu, Gopal San Jose, US 27 162
Rudin, Arthur Morgan Hill, US 11 59
Subbaraman, Venkateswaran San Jose, US 14 82
Tanner, David San Jose, US 111 1239
Xu, Dong Fremont, US 96 429

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