Patent ID: 9653635
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H01L,H02S,Y02E,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for forming a photovoltaic module, comprising: disposing a stack of thin-film layers on a flexible substrate; creating a plurality of scribes and electrical connections in the stack of thin-film layers to form a plurality of photovoltaic submodules on the flexible substrate, each of the plurality of photovoltaic submodules including a plurality of electrically-connected photovoltaic cells; and electrically connecting the plurality of photovoltaic submodules to form a photovoltaic submodule assembly; wherein each of the plurality of photovoltaic submodules is electrically independent and electrically isolated from each other before the step of electrically connecting the plurality of photovoltaic submodules.