Monolithic bypass diode and photovoltaic cell with bypass diode formed in back of substrate

US9029685B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Geoffrey S. Kinsey · Pasadena, US
• Richard R. King · Thousand Oaks, US
• Dmitri D. Krut · Calabasas, US
• Nasser H. Karam · Tustin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2005
• Grant date: May 12, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/50

Abstract

An apparatus and method for making a solar cell assembly. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises a substrate, at least a first solar cell, coupled to a first side of the substrate, the first side of the substrate to be exposed to light such that the at least first solar cell generates a current when exposed to the light, and a bypass diode, formed on a second side of the substrate, the second side of the substrate being substantially opposite the first side of the substrate, such that the bypass diode is monolithically integrated with the at least first solar cell.