JP2007110123A - 一体型バイパスダイオードを含む太陽電池における信頼性のある内部接続 - Google Patents
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Abstract
【解決手段】一体型バイパスダイオードを有する第1の太陽電池と、隣接する第2の太陽電池と、第1の太陽電池のバイパスダイオードのアノードを第2の太陽電池のアノードに接続する2つの別々の金属内部接続部材と、を含む太陽電池アレイが、提供される。
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- 一体型バイパスダイオードを有する第1の太陽電池と、
一体型バイパスダイオードを有する第2の太陽電池と、
前記第1の太陽電池のカソードを前記第2の太陽電池のアノードに接続する第1の金属内部接続部材と、
前記バイパスダイオードのアノードにおける第1の領域を前記第2の太陽電池の前記アノードにおける第1の領域に接続する、第2の金属内部接続部材と、
前記バイパスダイオードの前記アノードにおける第2の領域を前記第2の太陽電池の前記アノードにおける第2の領域に接続する、第3の金属内部接続部材と、
を含む、ことを特徴とする太陽電池アレイ。 - 前記第1の太陽電池が、連続した半導体材料の層を有する半導体本体を備え、
前記半導体本体が、
前記連続した半導体材料の層が多接合太陽電池のうちの少なくとも1つの電池を形成している第1の領域と、
前記多接合太陽電池が順方向バイアスされたときに前記バイパスダイオードが逆方向バイアスされ、前記多接合太陽電池が逆方向バイアスされたときに前記バイパスダイオードが順方向バイアスされるように、前記連続した半導体材料の層が前記バイパスダイオードを形成している第2の領域と、
を含む、請求項1に記載のアレイ。 - 前記第1の太陽電池が、連続した半導体材料の層を有する半導体本体を備え、
前記半導体本体が、
前記連続した半導体材料の層が多接合太陽電池のうちの連続した電池を形成している第1の領域と、
前記連続した半導体材料の層におけるトラフによって前記第1の領域から分離される第2の領域であって、前記連続した半導体材料の層が、多接合太陽電池が遮光されたときに電流が通過することを可能にすることにより、逆方向バイアスから前記多接合太陽電池を保護するために、前記バイパスダイオードのための支持を形成している第2の領域と、
を含む、請求項1に記載のアレイ。 - 前記第1の太陽電池が、前記第1の領域における前記連続した半導体材料の層の端部の上にある前記トラフ内に延びる不活性層をさらに含む、請求項3に記載のアレイ。
- 前記連続した前記1つの電池の層、及び、前記連続した前記バイパスダイオードの層が、異なる処理ステップによりエピタキシャル成長させられる、請求項2に記載のアレイ。
- 前記半導体本体がGe基板を含み、
前記電池のうちの少なくとも1つの電池が、少なくとも部分的にGaAsにより製造される、請求項2に記載のアレイ。 - 前記第2及び第3の金属内部接続部材が、前記第1の太陽電池における前記バイパスダイオードの前記アノードの上面と、前記第2の太陽電池における底面との間に延びる金属クリップである、請求項1に記載のアレイ。
- 前記金属クリップが、平坦な第1の端部、中央部及び平坦な第2の端部を有する、請求項7に記載のアレイ。
- 前記第2の内部接続部材の前記平坦な第1の端部が、前記バイパスダイオードの前記アノードにおける第1の部分に対する電気的接続を形成する、請求項8に記載のアレイ。
- 一体型バイパスダイオードを有する第1の太陽電池と、第2の太陽電池と、を備えた太陽電池アレイであって、
前記第2の太陽電池が、
前記バイパスダイオードのカソードにおける第1の領域を前記第2の太陽電池のアノードにおける第1の領域に接続する、第1の金属内部接続部材と、
前記バイパスダイオードの前記カソードにおける第2の領域を前記第2の太陽電池の前記アノードにおける第2の領域に接続する、第2の金属内部接続部材と、
を含む、ことを特徴とするアレイ。 - 前記第1の金属内部接続部材が、ヘビ型形状を有しており、
該第1の金属内部接続部材が、
前記第1の太陽電池に接続された第1の端部と、
前記バイパスダイオードの前記カソードにおける前記第1の領域に接続された第2の端部と、
前記第2の太陽電池に接続された中央部と、
を有する、請求項10に記載のアレイ。 - 前記第1の金属内部接続部材が、ヘビ型形状を有しており、
該第1の金属内部接続部材が、
前記第1の太陽電池に接続された第1の端部と、
前記バイパスダイオードの前記カソードにおける前記第2の領域に接続された第2の端部と、
前記第2の太陽電池に接続された中央部と、
を有する、請求項11に記載のアレイ。
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