Patents Assigned to Tecstar Power System, Inc.
  • Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode
    Patent number: 6359210
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Tecstar Power System, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Y. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter A. Iles