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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Tamir Lance, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Nathan Beckett, Oakland, CA (US);
Gilad Almogy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David B. DeGraaff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/05 (2014.01); H01L 31/044 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/043 (2014.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/028 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0516 (2013.01); H01L 31/028 (2013.01); H01L 31/02008 (2013.01); H01L 31/043 (2014.12); H01L 31/044 (2014.12); H01L 31/0504 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.12); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in an overlapping shingled manner and conductively bonded to each other in their overlapping regions to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module.