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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sunny Sethi, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Michele Guide, San Jose, CA (US);
Gabriela Elena Bunea, San Jose, CA (US);
Thierry Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/05 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0512 (2013.01); H01L 31/0504 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Photovoltaic (PV) cells that can be interconnected with improved interconnect joints to form PV cell strings and PV modules. The improved interconnect joints comprise at least two types of adhesive bonding regions to maximize both electrical conductivity and mechanical strength of interconnect joints coupling terminals of PV cells. The disclosed approaches to PV cell interconnection provide greater manufacturing rates and higher quality PV cell strings and PV modules.