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US 6,610,919 B2Granted
Solar battery
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMitsuru Ohkubo
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Abstract
A diode-incorporated solar battery, which is intended to minimize an increase in production cost and a decrease in reliability that are involved in incorporating diodes into the solar battery, and to reduce the area of the surface electrodes of the solar battery so as to increase the electric power generation of the solar battery, wherein to this end, a connecting metal fixture for interconnecting solar cells has added thereto projection for parallel-connecting the solar cells and diodes.
Claims54
A solar battery comprising:
- planar first and second solar battery cells;
- a diode connected in parallel with said first solar battery cell;
- a solar battery connection bracket for connecting a front surface electrode provided on a front surface of said first solar battery cell and a rear surface electrode provided on a rear surface of said second solar battery cell and a front surface electrode provided on a front surface of said diode;
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- a diode connection bracket for connecting a rear surface electrode provided on a rear surface of said first solar battery cell and a rear surface electrode provided on a rear surface of said diode;
- said first solar battery cell and said second solar battery cell are planar solar battery cells that are substantially rectangular having four corners, at least one of said corners has a partially removed beveled edge, and said diode is disposed adjacent to the beveled edge in the area of the removed corner.
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A solar battery comprising:
- planar first and second solar battery cells;
- a diode connected in parallel with said first solar battery cell;
- a first solar battery connection bracket for connecting a front surface electrode provided on a front surface of said first solar battery cell and a rear surface electrode provided on a rear surface of said second solar battery cell;
- a second solar battery connection bracket for connecting said rear surface electrode of said second solar battery cell and a front surface electrode provided on a front surface of said diode;
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- a diode connection bracket for connecting a rear surface electrode provided on a rear surface of said first solar battery cell and a rear surface electrode provided on a rear surface of said diode;
- said first solar battery cell and said second solar battery cell are planar solar battery cells that are substantially rectangular having four corners, at least one of said corners has a partially removed beveled edge, and said diode is disposed adjacent to the beveled edge in the area of the removed corner.
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A solar battery, in which at least two solar battery cells with built-in diodes are adjacently disposed in succession comprising:
- a substantially rectangular and planar solar battery cell having four corners and a beveled edge formed by partially removing at least one of the corners;
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- a diode disposed adjacent to the beveled edge in the area of the removed corner;
- and in which
- front surface electrodes provided on front surfaces of a solar battery cell and a diode included in one solar battery cell with built-in diode and rear surface electrodes provided on rear surfaces of a solar battery cell and a diode included in another solar battery cell with built-in diode adjacent to said one solar battery cell with built-in diode are connected by one solar battery connection bracket.
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A solar battery, in which at least two solar battery cells with built-in diodes are adjacently disposed in succession comprising:
- a substantially rectangular and planar solar battery cell having four corners and a beveled edge formed by partially removing at least one of the corners;
- and
- a diode disposed adjacent to the beveled edge in the area of the removed corner;
- and in which
- front surface electrodes provided on a front surface of a solar battery cell included in a solar battery cell with built-in diode and rear surface electrodes provided on a rear surface of a solar battery cell included in another solar battery cell with built-in diode adjacent to said solar battery cell with built-in diode are connected by a solar battery connection bracket;
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- a front surface electrode provided on a front surface of the diode included in said solar battery cell with built-in diode and one rear surface electrode provided on the rear surface of the solar battery cell and a rear surface electrode provided on a rear surface of the diode included in said another solar battery cell with built-in diode adjacent to said solar battery cell with built-in diode are connected by a diode connection bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.