Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable photovoltaic module
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Application No.: US15247257Application Date: 2016-08-25
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Publication No.: US10651787B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Francky Catthoor , Maria-Iro Baka
- Applicant: IMEC VZW
- Applicant Address: BE Leuven
- Assignee: IMEC VZW
- Current Assignee: IMEC VZW
- Current Assignee Address: BE Leuven
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@493e0a7c
- Main IPC: H02S40/36
- IPC: H02S40/36 ; H01L31/02 ; H02J3/38

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to reconfigurable voltaic modules. One example embodiment includes a photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module includes a plurality of photovoltaic cells arranged in a grid having logical rows and columns. The photovoltaic module also includes a plurality of non-reconfigurable interconnects electrically interconnecting subsets of the plurality of photovoltaic cells to form a plurality of cell strings. In addition, the photovoltaic module includes a plurality of reconfigurable interconnects. Each cell string includes at least four photovoltaic cells connected in an electrical series from a first cell to a last cell, the first cell and the last cell being located on a same edge of the grid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170077869A1 Reconfigurable Photovoltaic Module Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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