Patent ID: 8440907

Claim:
A solar cell comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric converting portion, a first electrode formed on a first main surface of said semiconductor substrate, and a second electrode connected to said first electrode on said first main surface, wherein said first electrode includes a plurality of spaced-apart first connecting portions connected to an interconnector, and a first non-connecting portion not directly connected to said interconnector, and a plurality of finger electrodes directly connected to the first connecting portions and to the first non-connecting portion, said first connecting portions have longitudinal axes longitudinally aligned on a first common axis, said interconnector having a longitudinal axis longitudinally aligned on said first common axis, said first non-connecting portion is arranged to extend between axially adjacent two of said spaced-apart first connecting portions, electrically connecting said axially adjacent first connecting portions together, said finger electrodes having longitudinal axes disposed perpendicular to said first common axis, said first connecting portions each having a length along said first common axis greater than a length of said first non-connecting portion arranged to extend therebetween, and said axially adjacent first connecting portions and said first non-connecting portion are coupled forming an outer angle larger than 90° and smaller than 180° with respect to the longitudinal axis of each respective first connecting portion.