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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sunny Sethi, San Bruno, CA (US);
David Okawa, San Bruno, CA (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/055 (2014.01); H01L 31/049 (2014.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.01); B32B 27/00 (2006.01); B32B 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/048 (2013.01); B32B 15/18 (2013.01); B32B 27/00 (2013.01); H01L 31/049 (2014.12); H01L 31/0481 (2013.01); H01L 31/055 (2013.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.12); B32B 2307/206 (2013.01); B32B 2307/302 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2457/12 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) Module can include a substantially transparent cover, first encapsulant, a solar cell and a second encapsulant. The second encapsulant can be configured to allow thermal communication between the solar cell and a heat sink. Various configurations and methods of making the same are presented.