US Patent Issued to Maxeon Solar on Sept. 23 for "Wire-based metallization and stringing for solar cells" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,382, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Wire-based metallization and stringing for solar cells" was invented by Richard Hamilton Sewell (Los Altos, Calif.), David Aaron Randolph Barkhouse (Oakland, Calif.), Douglas Rose (Vista, Calif.) and Lewis Abra (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wire-based metallization and stringing techniques for solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, modules, and equipment, are described. In an example, a substrate has a surface. A plurality of N-type and P-type semiconductor regions is disposed in or above the surface of the substrate. A conductive cont...