Patent ID: 7635810

Claim:
A device comprising a first photovoltaic cell and an additional interconnection structure, wherein, said photovoltaic cell comprises a cell body, said body comprising semiconductor material a light incident top cell surface formed by a transparent or translucent conductive material; said additional interconnection structure comprises a sheetlike substrate, having overlapping first and second substrate surfaces, said first substrate surface facing in a direction opposite and away from said second substrate surface; said interconnection structure further comprising a collection region and an interconnection region; said substrate comprising said collection region is transparent or translucent and has a pattern comprising electrically conductive material positioned over on said first substrate surface; said interconnection region comprises additional electrically conductive material positioned over portions of said second substrate surface, said additional electrically conductive material being in electrical communication with said pattern through an electrical path not traversing said semiconductor material; and, wherein said device comprises a combination of said photovoltaic cell and said interconnection structure such that said first substrate surface of said collection region and said light incident top cell surface face toward each other so that physical contact is made between the said pattern on the first substrate surface and the said light incident surface.