ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,954, issued on June 10, was assigned to Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Shingled solar module with ribbon interconnect" was invented by Jianfang Si (Kunshan, China) and Yafu Lin (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in an overlapping shingled manner and methods for assembling solar cells in a shingled manner. Solar cells in the module are electrically connected in series by front side ribbons and separate rear side ribbons. The front-side ribbons have a smaller cross-sectional width while the rear-side ribbons are thinner and wider....