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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Peter Lechner, Vaterstetten, DE;
Walter Psyk, Munich, DE;
Erwin Heckel, Au in der Hallertau, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SCHOTT Solar GmbH, Alzenau, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/05 (2006.01); H01L 21/263 (2006.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photovoltaic module includes a plurality of interconnected submodules. Each submodule has a transparent front electrode layer, a semiconductor layer and a back electrode layer which have separating lines in each case for forming series-connected strip-shaped photovoltaic cells. The outer cells of two adjacent submodules are united into a single tap cell for current collection, the separating lines of the two adjacent submodules being disposed mirror-symmetrically with respect to their common tap cell.