A protection of an arrangement comprising space solar cells arranged in the form of a string, wherein:
- at least a portion of the arrangement of space solar cells being arranged in succession in the form of the string, which extends in an X direction,
- the string includes at least two space solar cells,
- in each case two space solar cells directly neighboring in the X direction are electrically connected to one another in series via one or more metallic connectors,
- the space solar cells each have a receiving surface that is situated in an X direction and in a Y direction,
- the string has a front side and a rear side, the receiving surfaces of the space solar cells being provided on the front side of the string,
- the string has a first end and a second end, the two ends each extending in the Y direction along a side of the space solar cell arranged at the ends of the string,
- each space solar cell has a bypass diode that is connected to the respective space solar cell,
- the space solar cells each have a thickness between 30 μm and 300 μm or a thickness between 50 μm and 160 μm in a Z direction,
- on the front side of the string a protection arrangement is provided at at least one of the two ends along the Y direction, and the protection arrangement is electrically connected to the space solar cell of the string, situated at the end, via one of the metallic connectors, the protection arrangement including a first string protection diode arrangement, a metal strip, and a second string protection diode arrangement,
- the metal strip has a first head-side end, a spacer, and a second head-side end,
- the first string protection diode arrangement is connected in series to the first head-side end of the metal strip in the Y direction via one of the metallic connectors,
- the second string protection diode arrangement is connected in series to the second head-side end of the metal strip via one of the metallic connectors,
- the connectors each have two contact surfaces that are spaced apart by a connecting piece,
- the string protection diode arrangements have multiple string protection diodes that are designed as part of a DIE, the DIE having a top side and a bottom side,
- the string protection diodes situated on the DIE are arranged in rows and/or in columns,
- on the top side of the DIE, two directly neighboring string protection diodes are separated by a scribe line region, and have electrically separated front side contacts, and
- the rear side of the DIE is metal-plated, so that multiple or all string protection diodes have a shared rear side contact,
- the shared rear side contact is connected to the metal strip or to the space solar cell arranged at the ends of the string, and one of the front side contacts of the string protection diodes is connected to one of the space solar cells situated at the ends of the string or to the metal strip,
- each DIE is unhoused, and on the top side has its own cover, the cover being adhesively bonded to the top side of the DIE,
- the protective arrangement as a whole has a flat design, and has a thickness less than 1 mm in a Z direction, and
- an extension of the overall protection arrangement in the Y direction is greater than an extension in the X direction by at least a factor of five.