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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1995
Reinhart Schade, Olching, DE;
Gerhard Lehner, Munich, DE;
Adolf Muenzer, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schulze, Eching, DE;
Robert Wieting, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Siemens Solar GmbH, Munich, DE;
Siemens Solar Industries International, Inc., Camarillo, CA (US);
Abstract
A solar cell has electrical conductors applied on a pattern of electric contacts on a front surface and extending transversely relative thereto with a portion projecting beyond the edge of the solar cell. The formation of the electrical pattern includes at least two elongated portions interconnected by a return portion which extends beyond the one edge. This return portion provides a stiffening suitable for reliable interconnection to an additional solar cell to achieve a connection of two conductors in the projecting region.