High-efficiency solar-cell arrays with integrated devices and methods for forming them

US9178095B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 4Power, LLC · US

Inventors

• John J. Hennessy · Los Angeles, US
• Andrew C. Malonis · Somerville, US
• Arthur J. Pitera · Cambridge, US
• Eugene A. Fitzgerald · Windham, US
• Steven A. Ringel · Columbus, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2015
• Expiry date: May 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50

Abstract

In various embodiments, an array of discrete solar cells with associated devices such as bypass diodes is formed over a single substrate.