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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Garmin Switzerland Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Inventors:
Sylvain De Vecchi, Chambéry, FR;
Brice Arrazat, Bouc Bel Air, FR;
Assignee:
Garmin Switzerland GmbH, , CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H02S 50/15 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/186 (2013.01); H02S 50/15 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method for optimizing the electrical performance of all or part of a photovoltaic module () through breakdown at the metal/oxide/metal interface. The method may include: —Step 1: Illuminating all or part of said photovoltaic module with a luminous flux controlled by a control module (); —Step 2: Reverse-biasing said photovoltaic module: by subjecting it to a voltage sweep ranging from −V/2, Voc being the open-circuit voltage, to a limit bias voltage Vwhose value depends on the mode of interconnection and on the number (NB) of cells forming all or part of said photovoltaic module.