Patent ID: 9627565
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H01L,Y02E

Claim:
1. A photovoltaic solar cell assembly comprising: a bypass diode; a first planar solar cell; and a second planar solar cell, each of the first solar cell and the second solar cell including a front facing side and a rear facing side opposite the front facing side, each rear facing side including a respective conductive surface, each front facing side including a respective current collector bar, and a corresponding grid of metallic lines conductively coupled with the current collector bar; wherein: each solar cell includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, a distance between the second edge and the fourth edge defining a characteristic width of each cell; each current collector bar comprises at least two conductively coupled collector bar segments, the at least two conductively coupled collector bar segments including a first collector bar segment that is substantially parallel to and proximate to the first edge, and a second collector bar segment that is substantially parallel to and proximate to the second edge, the second edge being orthogonal with respect to the first edge;