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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
Silevo, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Bobby Yang, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Peter P. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jiunn Benjamin Heng, San Jose, CA (US);
Anand J. Reddy, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Zheng Xu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar panel. The solar panel includes a plurality of subsets of solar cells. The solar cells in a subset are coupled in series, and the subsets of solar cells are coupled in parallel. The number of solar cells in a respective subset is sufficiently large such that the output voltage of the solar panel is substantially the same as an output voltage of a conventional solar panel with all of its substantially square shaped solar cells coupled in series.