Solar cell assembly
US6034322A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S136/293
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A solar cell assembly with current limiting protection comprises a rectangular planar solar cell having four corner locations including first and second opposed surfaces and a beveled edge at one of the corner locations. Parallel spaced longitudinally extending conductors are provided on a first opposed surface and a metallic coating overlies an entire second opposed surface. Interconnect members mount a protective bypass diode, electrically intermediate and in series with the first and second conductor members, on the solar cell in a mutually coplanar relationship proximate to but spaced from the beveled edge, accommodating relative in-plane motion between the bypass diode and the solar cell. The interconnect members include an upper interconnect member extending between and fixed, respectively, to a first metallic pad member on the first opposed surface adjacent the beveled edge and electrically connected to the bus member and to a first surface of the bypass diode and a lower interconnect member extending between and fixed, respectively, to a second metallic pad member mounted adjacent the beveled edge and electrically connected to the metallic coating and to a second surface of…
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