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US 2018/0175788 A1Published application
Systems, circuits and methods for a solar system that incorporates tiled solar cells
OwnerNagendra Srinivas Cherukupalliinventor
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Abstract
A solar power system may comprise a back sheet that comprises an interconnect circuit coupling a plurality of cell tiles. A tiled solar cell, comprising a solar cell and encapsulating and glass layers, is inserted into the cell tiles of the back sheet. Each solar cell is individually addressable through the use of the interconnect circuit. Moreover, the interconnect circuit of the back sheet is programmable and allows for dynamic interconnect routing between solar cells.
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A solar system comprising:
- a plurality of tiled solar cells, each tiled solar cell comprising at least one solar cell;
- a back sheet comprising a current carrying grid, with programmable routes, for electrically coupling the tiled solar cells to harvest energy from the tiled solar cells;
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- control system for programming the current carrying grid to electrically couple a number of the tiled solar cells to create a solar cell string compatible with a voltage specification.
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A method for assembling a solar system comprising:
- providing a plurality of tiled solar cells, each tiled solar cell comprising at least one solar cell;
- providing a back sheet comprising a current carrying grid, with programmable routes, for electrically coupling the tiled solar cells to harvest energy from the tiled solar cells;
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- programming the current carrying grid to electrically couple a number of the tiled solar cells to create a solar cell string compatible with a voltage specification.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.