US Patent Issued to SILFAB on Nov. 4 for "Metallization patterns for photovoltaic cells" (Canadian, Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,856, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SILFAB INC. (Mississauga, Canada).

"Metallization patterns for photovoltaic cells" was invented by Eric Schneller (Bellingham, Wash.), Paolo Dilorenzo (Leuven, Belgium), Mahyar Mohammadnezhad (North York, Canada), Michael Duane Alexander (Custer, Wash.) and Itai Suez (Georgetown, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example of an apparatus to convert light energy to electrical energy is provided. The apparatus includes a semiconductor material to absorb energy from a photon. The energy is to be converted to a current. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a positive electrode disposed on a back...