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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2008
Applicant:
Bulent M. Basol, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Bulent M. Basol, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
SoloPower, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solar module includes a protective shell with at least two sealed sections formed by moisture barrier sealants. Each sealed section is separated from the adjacent sections and includes at least a portion of a solar cell. In this sectioned configuration, any local defect through the protective shell will only affect the performance of the portions of the solar cells within a particular section that contains this defect and will not affect the portions of the solar cells that are in other sections.