US Patent Issued to CNBM RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED GLASS MATERIALS GROUP on Jan. 27 for "Thin-film solar module and manufacturing method thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,589, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CNBM RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED GLASS MATERIALS GROUP Co. LTD. (Anhui, China).

"Thin-film solar module and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Stefan Gruensteidl (Grafing, Germany), Peter Borowski (Grafing, Germany), Thomas Dalibor (Grafing, Germany) and Joerg Palm (Grafing, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bypass diode of each monolithic cell is formed on a substrate in the form of a thin film, and adopts a structure similar to that of the monolithic cell; each monolithic cell and the corresponding bypass diode share the same substrate; a layer treatment method for the...