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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Cogenra Solar, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ratson Morad, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gilad Almogy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Itai Suez, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jean Hummel, San Carlos, CA (US);
Nathan Beckett, Oakland, CA (US);
Yafu Lin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dan Maydan, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
John Gannon, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/05 (2014.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01); G01R 31/40 (2014.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01); H01L 31/043 (2014.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/049 (2014.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H01L 31/042 (2014.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.01); H01L 31/068 (2012.01); H01L 27/142 (2014.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/028 (2006.01); H01L 31/0203 (2014.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H01L 31/044 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1876 (2013.01); H01L 27/1421 (2013.01); H01L 31/0201 (2013.01); H01L 31/0203 (2013.01); H01L 31/028 (2013.01); H01L 31/02008 (2013.01); H01L 31/022425 (2013.01); H01L 31/022433 (2013.01); H01L 31/042 (2013.01); H01L 31/043 (2014.12); H01L 31/044 (2014.12); H01L 31/049 (2014.12); H01L 31/0481 (2013.01); H01L 31/0488 (2013.01); H01L 31/0504 (2013.01); H01L 31/0508 (2013.01); H01L 31/0516 (2013.01); H01L 31/068 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 31/1804 (2013.01); H01L 31/186 (2013.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.12); H02S 30/00 (2013.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.12); H02S 40/30 (2014.12); H02S 40/32 (2014.12); H02S 40/34 (2014.12); H02S 40/36 (2014.12); H02S 50/00 (2013.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.12); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in a shingled manner to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module, reduce series resistance, and increase module efficiency.