Integrated micro-inverter and thin film solar module and manufacturing process

A solar cell module, comprising:

• an array of thin film solar cells formed on a substrate, the substrate having a multitude of backside electrode segments directly on the substrate, a layer of an insulating material directly on the multitude of backside electrode segments and the substrate, and a layer of transparent conducting material directly on the layer of insulating material, the multitude of backside electrode segments, the layer of an insulating material and the layer of transparent conducting material forming a multi-layer stack;
• at least one solar cell diode monolithically integrated within each thin film solar cell of the array on the substrate, a first of the multitude of backside electrode segments forming the at least one solar cell diode;
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• an electronic conversion unit (ECU) monolithically integrated within each thin film solar cell of the array on the substrate, each ECU having at least one transistor formed with a second of the multitude of backside electrode segments, each ECU being electrically connected with the at least one solar cell diode within each respective thin film solar cell of the array, the solar cell diode formed with a third of the multitude of backside electrode segments, each ECU contains at least one capacitor monolithically integrated on the substrate formed with a fourth of the multitude of backside electrode segments, each ECU contains at least one inductor monolithically integrated on the substrate formed with a fifth of the multitude of backside electrode segments, and each ECU being electrically connected to a microcontroller on the solar cell module, the first, second, third, fourth and fifth backside electrode segments being defined by the layer of insulating material separating the backside electrode segments from each other.