IP Library Granted Patent US 8,609,983
Granted Patent B2
US 8,609,983 · App. 13/381,496 · Granted Dec 17, 2013

Interconnection sheet, solar cell with interconnection sheet, solar cell module, and interconnection sheet roll

Inventors: Yasushi Sainoo (Osaka, JP); Akiko Tsunemi (Osaka, JP); Tomohiro Nishina (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,609,983
App. No.
13/381,496
Granted
Dec 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An interconnection sheet, a solar cell with the interconnection sheet, a solar cell module, an interconnection sheet roll, a solar cell with an interconnection sheet and solar cell module satisfy a relationship of Y≦Z<X, where X represents a maximum linear distance in a first direction from a connection portion connecting a wire for n type and a first connecting wire to a connection portion connecting a wire for p type and a second connecting wire, Y represents a maximum length of an alternating array portion in the first direction, and Z represents a maximum length of the alternating array portion in a second direction.

Claims (20)

1. A solar cell with an interconnection sheet, comprising:

a back electrode type solar cell having a semiconductor substrate and an electrode for n type and an electrode for p type disposed at one surface of said semiconductor substrate; and

an interconnection sheet having an insulating base material and a wiring disposed at one surface of said insulating base material,

said wiring having a plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type each for connecting said electrode for n type of said back electrode type solar cell, a plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type each for connecting said electrode for p type of said back electrode type solar cell, a first connecting wire electrically connected to one end of each of said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type, and a second connecting wire electrically connected to one end of each of said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type, said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type and said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type extending in a first direction,

said first connecting wire and said second connecting wire extending in a second direction different from said first direction,

said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type and said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type being mutually spaced and disposed in said second direction to configure an alternating array portion,

at least five gaps being exposed from opposite perimeters of said back electrode type solar cell, each one of said at least five gaps being provided in a region between an end of one of said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type at the opposite side of said first connecting wire and said second connecting wire or in a region between an end of one of said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type at the opposite side of said second connecting wire and said first connecting wire,

said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type of said interconnection sheet and said electrode for n type of said back electrode type solar cell electrically connected to each other, and

said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type of said interconnection sheet and said electrode for p type of said back electrode type solar cell electrically connected to each other.

2. A solar cell module comprising a solar cell with an interconnection sheet recited in claim 1 .

3. A solar cell with an interconnection sheet, comprising:

a back electrode type solar cell having a semiconductor substrate and an electrode for n type and an electrode for p type disposed at one surface of said semiconductor substrate; and

an interconnection sheet having an insulating base material and a wiring disposed at one surface of said insulating base material,

said wiring having a plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type each for connecting said electrode for n type of said back electrode type solar cell, a plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type each for connecting said electrode for p type of said back electrode type solar cell, a first connecting wire electrically connected to one end of each of said plurality of wires for n type, and a second connecting wire electrically connected to one end of each of said plurality of wires for p type, said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type and said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type extending in a first direction,

said first connecting wire and said second connecting wire extending in a second direction different from said first direction,

said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type and said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type being mutually spaced and disposed in said second direction to configure an alternating array portion,

at least five gaps being exposed from opposite perimeters of said back electrode type solar cell, each one of said at least five gaps being provided in a region between an end of one of said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type at the opposite side of said first connecting wire and said second connecting wire or in region between an end of one of said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type at the opposite side of said second connecting wire and said first connecting wire,

said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type of said interconnection sheet and said electrode for n type of said back electrode type solar cell electrically connected to each other,

said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type of said interconnection sheet and said electrode for p type of said back electrode type solar cell electrically connected to each other, and wherein

a maximum linear distance X in said first direction from a connection portion connecting said plurality of strip-shaped wires for n type and said first connecting wire to a connection portion connecting said plurality of strip-shaped wires for p type and said second connecting wire, a maximum length Y of said alternating array portion in said first direction, and a maximum length Z of said alternating array portion in said second direction satisfying a relationship of Y≦Z<X.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2011
From: SAINOO, YASUSHI; TSUNEMI, AKIKO; NISHINA, TOMOHIRO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-153553 · Jun 29, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120103415A1 · May 3, 2012