US 12,310,122 B2
Interconnection configuration for solar module assembly
Arnaud Lepert, Fremont, CA (US); Ricky Dunbar, Fremont, CA (US); and Lili Wang, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,288.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/156,662, filed on Mar. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0293808 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H10F 19/90 (2025.01); H10F 10/16 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01); H10F 77/20 (2025.01)
CPC H10F 19/904 (2025.01) [H10F 10/16 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01); H10F 77/219 (2025.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic (PV) string comprising:
a first bifacial photovoltaic device having a front side of a first polarity, the front side having an edge oriented in a first direction; and
a second bifacial photovoltaic device located in the same PV string as the first photovoltaic device, the second photovoltaic device arranged in series with the first photovoltaic device and having a front side of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity, the front side of the second photovoltaic device having an edge substantially aligned with the edge of the first photovoltaic device, and
a third bifacial photovoltaic device located in the same PV string as the first photovoltaic device, the third photovoltaic device arranged in series with the first and second photovoltaic devices, the third photovoltaic device having a front side of the first polarity, the front side of the third photovoltaic device having an edge substantially aligned with the edge of the first photovoltaic device,
wherein the first PV device overlaps another PV device of the PV string in an overlapping shingled arrangement.