US 12,317,610 B2
Solar panel
Tamir Lance, Los Gatos, CA (US); Nathan Beckett, Oakland, CA (US); Gilad Almogy, Palo Alto, CA (US); and David B. DeGraaff, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd, Singapore (SG)
Filed by MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/122,384.
Application 18/122,384 is a continuation of application No. 17/063,017, filed on Oct. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,621,362.
Application 17/063,017 is a continuation of application No. 15/363,853, filed on Nov. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,833,214, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/267,101, filed on Dec. 14, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0307566 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H10F 19/90 (2025.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); H10F 19/40 (2025.01); H10F 19/70 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01); H10F 77/00 (2025.01); H10F 77/122 (2025.01)
CPC H10F 19/908 (2025.01) [H02S 40/36 (2014.12); H10F 19/40 (2025.01); H10F 19/70 (2025.01); H10F 19/902 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01); H10F 77/122 (2025.01); H10F 77/935 (2025.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a super cell from silicon solar cells, the method comprising:
arranging silicon solar cells in line with sides of adjacent silicon solar cells overlapping in a shingled manner and conductively bonded to each other to form a shingled string of solar cells, the solar cells in the string are electrically connected to each other in series; and
separating a first super cell from an end portion of the shingled string of solar cells, leaving a remaining portion of the shingled string of solar cells, wherein the separating comprises cutting one of the solar cells in the shingled string of solar cells thereby severing the electrical series connection of the shingled string of solar cells, the first super cell comprising a plurality of the silicon solar cells within the first super cell arranged in line with sides of adjacent silicon solar cells overlapping in a shingled manner and conductively bonded to each other to electrically and mechanically connect the silicon solar cells in series.