Solar array construction

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:864343

Crouthamel, Marvin S ^[1]; Coyle, Peter J ^[2]

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1. Pennsauken, NJ
2. Oaklyn, NJ

An interconnect tab on each cell of a first set of circular solar cells connects that cell in series with an adjacent cell in the set. This set of cells is arranged in alternate columns and rows of an array and a second set of similar cells is arranged in the remaining alternate columns and rows of the array. Three interconnect tabs on each solar cell of the said second set are employed to connect the cells of the second set to one another, in series and to connect the cells of the second set to those of the first set in parallel. Some tabs (making parallel connections) connect the same surface regions of adjacent cells to one another and others (making series connections) connect a surface region of one cell to the opposite surface region of an adjacent cell; however, the tabs are so positioned that the array may be easily assembled by depositing the cells in a certain sequence and in proper orientation.

• DOE Contract Number: NAS-7-100; JPL-954868
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4350836
• OSTI ID: 864343
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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