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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2024
Applicant:
Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventor:
Akira Terao, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 19/90 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01); H10F 77/20 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 19/902 (2025.01); H10F 71/1375 (2025.01); H10F 77/219 (2025.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Metallization and stringing methods for back-contact solar cells, and resulting solar cells, are described. In an example, in one embodiment, a method involves aligning conductive wires over the back sides of adjacent solar cells, wherein the wires are aligned substantially parallel to P-type and N-type doped diffusion regions of the solar cells. The method involves bonding the wires to the back side of each of the solar cells over the P-type and N-type doped diffusion regions. The method further includes cutting every other one of the wires between each adjacent pair of the solar cells.