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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Harold John Hovel, Katonah, NY (US);
Rainer Klaus Krause, Kostheim, DE;
Xiaoyan Shao, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Steven Erik Steen, Peekskill, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A solar cell panel with a bottom cover plate and an electrically conductive bus bar. A top cover plate having at least one electrically conductive land in communication with a bottom surface of the top cover plate. The land having a height extending from the bottom surface of the top cover plate. An array of rows and columns of solar cell chips lying between the bottom cover plate and the top cover plate. Each solar cell chip of the array having an anode adjacent to a top surface and a cathode adjacent to a bottom surface. The bus bar in electrical communication with each cathode of each solar cell chip of the array. Each land in electrical contact with each anode of a solar cell chip of the array. An opening formed between adjacent lands wherein the opening extends at least the height of the lands.