ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,656, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Photovoltaic structure and method of fabrication" was invented by Lili Wang (Fremont, Calif.), Nadeem Haque (Fremont, Calif.) and Jeong Chul Lee (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic device includes one or more features that taken alone or in combination enhance its efficiency. Some embodiments may comprise a tandem solar device in which a top PV cell is fabricated upon a front transparent substrate, that also serves as the top encapsulating substance. The top PV cell including the front encapsulating substance is then bonded (e.g., ...