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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Swift Solar Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Alexander Bush, San Francisco, CA (US);
Giles Eperon, Arvada, CO (US);
Assignee:
Swift Solar Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 9/20 (2006.01); H01L 31/0443 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 9/2081 (2013.01); H01G 9/2009 (2013.01); H01L 31/0443 (2014.12);
Abstract
Solar cell interconnect with bypass diodes are described. In an embodiment, a semiconductor-based bypass layer is formed over a top electrode layer of a solar cell and spans over a vertical interconnect providing vertical interconnection between the bottom electrode layer and top electrode layer of serial solar cells. A bypass electrode layer is formed over the semiconductor-based bypass layer and in contact with the top electrode layer for one of the solar cells.