SunTab™ PV Tabbing and Bus Ribbon

SunTab™ Product Specifications

Base Copper (Rolled from round wire. CDA-110 (UNS-C110000). CDA-101 & CDA-102 also available.)

Purity 99.9%
Electrical Conductivity 101% IACS @ 68°F
Electrical Resistivity 1.72μΩ-cm
Coefficient of thermal expansion 9.40 x 10-6 per °F (68-212°F)

Common Dimensions (Custom dimensions available; just let us know what you need.)

  Tabbing Ribbon Bus Ribbon
Width +/- 76 µm 1.0 - 3.0 mm 5.0mm
Thickness +/- 8 µm .10 - .25 mm .10 - .30 mm

Alloys (Coating Thickness: 5-50µm per side.)

    Indalloy # Temperature (°C)
Tin/Lead 62Sn/36Pb/2Ag - 179° Eutectic
60Sn/40Pb 109 179°/138°
Lead-Free 96.5Sn/3.5Ag 121 221° Eutectic
100Sn 128 232°
Lead-Free / Low Temperature 58Bi/42Sn 281 138° Eutectic
57Bi/42Sn/1Ag 282 140°/139°
Low Temperature 46Bi/34Sn/20Pb 42 96° Eutectic

Mechanical Properties

Camber (mm/m): < 4.8
Available Yield Strengths
Rp0.2 (N/mm2):
Hard: < 140
Annealed: < 110
Soft: < 90
Super Soft: < 80
Elongation at fracture: > 25%

Packaging

Tabbing and bus ribbon is level-wound on ABS plastic spools (black for lead-containing and green for lead-free) in weights between 2.5kg to 4.54kg. Specialized packaging requirements, such as spool size and quantity per spool, can also be accommodated.

Spool D1 (mm) D2 (mm) D3 (mm) L1 (mm) L2 (mm)
P-5R 160 90 20 114 90
P-10S 152 102 15.90 122 102

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