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Title: System and method for shingling wafer strips connected in parallel

Abstract

A solar device includes a first string of first solar wafers, wherein a plurality of the first solar wafers each overlap with at least one vertically adjacent solar wafer from the first string. Additionally, the solar device includes a second string of second solar wafers, wherein a plurality of the second solar wafers each overlap with at least one vertically adjacent solar wafer from the second string, wherein a plurality of the first solar wafers overlap with one or more of the plurality of second solar wafers to electrically connect horizontally adjacent solar wafers in parallel.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1987208
Patent Number(s):
11600733
Application Number:
17/305,540
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation (San Jose, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0007190
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 07/09/2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Caswell, Nathaniel. System and method for shingling wafer strips connected in parallel. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Caswell, Nathaniel. System and method for shingling wafer strips connected in parallel. United States.
Caswell, Nathaniel. Tue . "System and method for shingling wafer strips connected in parallel". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1987208.
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Shingled Solar Cell MOdule
patent-application, December 2015


Interlocking Roofing System
patent-application, June 2018


Solar cell module and manufacturing method thereof
patent-application, June 2005


Connection Cells for Photovoltaic Modules
patent-application, January 2019


Advanced Interconnect Method for Photovoltaic Strings and Modules
patent-application, January 2019