NOVELTY - Making laminated module of solar cells (400) having front and back surfaces involves forming top layer of melt flowable optically transparent electrically insulating thermoplastic adhesive material having a pattern of electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive (210) on it for making electrical connection to front surface; forming rear sheet of melt flowable electrically insulating thermoplastic adhesive material having other pattern of adhesive on it for making connection to rear surface; heat laminating top layer, cells and rear sheet; where cells are connected between two patterns.    USE - For making laminated module of solar cells having front and back surfaces (claimed); and for solar cell interconnection and/or panel.    ADVANTAGE - The laminated module exhibits sufficient flexural modulus without cross-linking chemical curing; and avoids long curing times needed for cross-linking and is suitable for continuous processing. The method avoids the costly and difficult conventional steps of soldering solar cells into series strings, of transferring and mounting the series strings of solar cells onto the back plate, and of batch processing for vacuum laminating the panels; and are compatible with readily available standard solar cells and with certain materials of proven performance, by reducing technical and reliability risk. Only a heat laminating process need be employed in assembling solar cell panels, other processes such as soldering, which for the interconnection of solar cells introduces stress and leads to potential failure, are avoided.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Making laminated module of solar cells (400) having front and back surfaces involves obtaining top layer of melt flowable optically transparent electrically insulating thermoplastic adhesive material having first pattern of melt flowable electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive (210) on it for making electrical connection to the front surface of solar cells; placing solar cells having front and back surfaces to which electrical connection is made on the melt flowable top layer in locations with the first pattern of melt flowable electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive adjacent the front surfaces of the solar cells, where electrical connection is made between the first pattern of melt flowable electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive and the front surfaces of the solar cells; obtaining rear sheet of melt flowable electrically insulating thermoplastic adhesive material having second pattern of melt flowable electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive on it for making electrical connection to the rear surface of the solar cells; placing the melt flowable rear sheet adjacent to the melt flowable top layer and the back surfaces of the solar cells in a location with the second pattern of melt flowable electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive adjacent the back surfaces of the solar cells; and heat laminating the melt flowable top layer, the solar cells and the melt flowable rear sheet to melt flow the melt flowable top layer and the melt flowable rear sheet together so that electrical connections are made between the first pattern of melt flowable electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive and the front surfaces of the solar cells, between the second pattern of melt flowable electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive and the back surfaces of the solar cells, and between the first and second patterns of melt flowable electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive; where the solar cells are embedded into the melt flowable top layer, and where ones of the solar cells are electrically connected in series by the connection between the first and second patterns of electrically conductive thermoplastic adhesive.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows method for making a solar cell panel.    Top sheet (200)    Conductive adhesive patterns (210)    Insulating adhesive patterns (250)    Solar cells (400)    Connection tabs (415, 425)