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US 12,212,146 B2Granted
Solar cell assembly
AssigneeRec Solar Pte. Ltd.
InventorsShankar Gauri Sridhara, Noel G. Diesta, Philipp Johannes Rostan, Robert Wade
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Abstract
A solar cell assembly is presented. The solar cell assembly includes one or more solar cell units coupled in series. The solar cell unit includes a first solar cell series and a second solar cell series connected in parallel. The first and second solar cell series include a plurality of solar cells connecting in series respectively. The solar cell assembly also includes a bypass diode coupled to each solar cell unit and shared between the first and second solar cell series in each solar cell unit.
Claims19
A solar cell assembly comprising:
- a first solar cell unit comprising:
- a first solar cell series including a plurality of solar cells connected in series;
- a second solar cell series, coupled in parallel with the first solar cell series, including a plurality of solar cells connected in series;
- a first bypass diode coupled in parallel with the first solar cell series and the second solar cell series;
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- a second solar cell unit, coupled in series with the first solar cell unit, comprising:
- a third solar cell series including a plurality of solar cells connected in series;
- a fourth solar cell series, coupled in parallel with the third solar cell series, including a plurality of solar cells connected in series;
- a second bypass diode coupled in parallel with the third solar cell series and the fourth solar cell series, the second bypass diode comprising an integrated bypass diode integrated in a laminate of the solar cell assembly;
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- a junction box containing the first bypass diode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.