Sunpower Corporation

Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.

Tyler D Newman

Tamir Lance

David C Okawa

Ryan Reagan

Thierry Nguyen

Yafu Lin

Paul Loscutoff

Zachary Steele Judkins

Benjamin I Hsia

Pei Hsuan Lu

Todd Johnson

George G Correos

Andrea R Bowring

Marc Robinson

Arbaz Ahmed Shakir

Matthew T Matsumoto

John H Lippiatt

Simone I Nazareth

Ned Western

Thierry H Nguyen

Strings of solar cells having laser assisted metallization conductive contact structures, and their methods of manufacture, are described. For example, a solar cell string includes a first solar cell having a front side and a back side, and one or more laser assisted metallization conductive contact structures electrically connecting a first metal foil to the back side of the first solar cell. The solar cell string also includes a second solar cell having a front side and a back side, and one or more laser assisted metallization conductive contact structures electrically connecting a second metal foil to the back side of the second solar cell. The solar cell string also includes a conductive interconnect coupling the first and second solar cells, the conductive interconnect including a strain relief feature.

Strings of solar cells having laser assisted metallization conductive contact structures and their methods of manufacture

Photovoltaic panels may be aggregated in various ways and may be aggregated with the use of a backplane where the backplane comprises electrical connectors positioned to electrically connect the PV panels. The PV panels may have various sizes and shapes and may overlap one or more other PV panels or PV panels being aggregated.

Aggregated photovoltaic panels

Growing community of inventors

San Jose, CA, United States of America

Tyler D Newman