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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Solarcity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jiunn Benjamin Heng, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Peter J. Rive, San Mateo, CA (US);
Zhigang Xie, San Jose, CA (US);
Bobby Yang, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/25 (2014.01); H01L 31/05 (2014.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/043 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0516 (2013.01); H01L 31/022458 (2013.01); H01L 31/043 (2014.12);
Abstract
A solar module is provided. The solar module includes a number of photovoltaic structures. Each photovoltaic structure has an interdigitated back contact, and the photovoltaic structures are cascaded, wherein any two adjacent structures are electrically coupled by overlapping their edges.