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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthieu Minault Reich, San Jose, CA (US);
Lewis C. Abra, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Fredric Joel Kavulak, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrea R. Bowring, Mountain View, CA (US);
Benjamin Francois, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter J. Cousins, Los Altos, CA (US);
Boris Bastien, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Benjamin I. Hsia, Fremont, CA (US);
Raphael M. Manalo, San Jose, CA (US);
Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A solar cell can include a first plurality of metal contact fingers, and a second plurality of metal contact fingers interdigitated with the first plurality of metal contact fingers, wherein at least one of the first plurality of metal contact fingers comprises a wrap-around metal finger that passes between a first edge of the solar cell and at least one contact pads. A photovoltaic (PV) string including a solar cell with a wrap-around metal contact finger. A method of coupling an electrically conductive connector to a solar cell with a wrap-around metal contact finger.