Circuit configuration for power generation comprising series-connected solar cells having bypass diodes

Solar module having a plurality of solar cells arranged one behind the other and electrically connected in series, wherein a bypass diode for electrical bypassing is electrically connected in parallel with each solar cell, wherein the bypass diodes are arranged one behind the other, wherein each solar cell and each bypass diode comprises a photovoltaically active layer, a lower electrically conductive layer and an upper electrically conductive layer both of which adjoin the photovoltaically active layer, wherein each bypass diode is arranged between solar cells, characterized in that a first bypass diode is separated from an adjoining second bypass diode by two trenches and an electrical conductor runs between the two trenches, which electrically conductively interconnects upper electrically conductive layers of solar cells which laterally adjoin the first bypass diode, and/or which electrically conductively interconnects lower electrically conductive layers of solar cells which laterally adjoin the second bypass diode.