44 results about "Cell interconnection" patented technology

A method for stringing photovoltaic (PV) cells together and a system for the combined tabbing and stringing of photovoltaic (PV) cells for assembly into solar cell arrays. Multiple ribbons are first soldered simultaneously (or nearly so) to the front and back surfaces of individual PV cells (tabbing). After tabbing, PV cells are then loaded into a stringer subsystem which solders the front side ribbons of a first PV cell to the back side ribbons of the neighboring PV cell to form strings of PV cells wired in series. The tabber stringer system then loads completed strings into a frame containing a solar cell array being manufactured. The dual-ribbon method of PV cell interconnection reduces the electrical resistance between the cells in a string, thereby raising the solar cell array output power.

Photovoltaic modules may include multiple flexible thin film photovoltaic cells electrically connected in series by a substantially transparent top sheet having an embedded conductive wire grid pattern. Methods of manufacturing photovoltaic modules including integrated multi-cell interconnections are provided.

The present invention relates to cost effective methods for metallisation and or metallisation and interconnection of high efficiency silicon based back-contacted back-junction solar panels and solar panels thereof having a multiplicity of alternating rectangular emitter- and base regions on the back-side of each cell, each with rectangular metallic electric finger conductor above and running in parallel with the corresponding emitter- and base region, a first insulation layer in-between the wafer and finger conductors, and a second insulation layer in between the finger conductors and cell interconnections.

The present invention relates to an instrument connection type unit pack combined cell cartridge assembled into a compound cell interconnection mesh, and to a combined cartridge electricity storage device assembled into a compound unit interconnection mesh in which a plurality of cell cartridges are electrically interconnected. The unit pack combined cell cartridge of the present invention is configured such that a plurality of cells are interconnected into a unit pack using a suitable device (bus bar), and a plurality of unit packs are interconnected into a unitary cartridge using a suitable device (intermediate conductor plate). The combined cartridge electricity storage device of the present invention is configured such that a plurality of unit pack combined cartridges are accommodated in an outer case and interconnected into a serial or parallel compound interconnection structure to form a unitary system. The present invention interconnects cells, unit packs and cartridges using an easily connectible or separable instrument, to thereby allow for ease of assembly and improve productivity. In addition, the number of cells used in a unit pack, the number of unit packs used in a cartridge, and the number of cartridges used in an electricity storage device can be adjusted and changed to change current capacity and voltage capacity with ease.

Gridded I/O pads for flip-chip packages in which a coaxial-like solder bump pad configuration is used in which the I/O pads closest to the signal or bump pad are power or ground pads. The ground pads surrounding the signal pad form a coaxial-like pad configuration for impedance matching at the transition from die to package substrate. The ground pads surrounding the signal pad may be connected by a metal trace to form a ground pad ring. The invention employs conductor-backed ground coplanar waveguides (GCPW), which match impedance at connections between I/O cells and signal pads to enhance signal transmission, avoid reflection and leakage, and provide superior electromagnetic shielding. The present invention also supports high quantities of I/Os for a given die size, and supports flexible power and ground placement.

A photovoltaic module, and method of making, is disclosed in which a flexible circuit is electrically coupled to a plurality of photovoltaic cells, where the photovoltaic cells are electrically coupled in series to form a series of cells. Each photovoltaic cell has free-standing metallic articles coupled to the top and bottom surfaces of a semiconductor substrate. A cell interconnection element of each photovoltaic cell is electrically coupled to a free-standing metallic article of an adjacent photovoltaic cell, where the interconnection elements of the initial and final cells in the series serve as contact ends for the series of cells. Contact tabs of the flexible circuit are electrically coupled to the contact ends of the series of cells, and a junction box is electrically coupled to a junction box contact region of the flexible circuit.

The present invention relates to cost effective production methods of high efficiency silicon based back-contacted back-junction solar panels and solar panels thereof having a multiplicity of alternating rectangular emitter- and base regions on the back-side of each cell, each with rectangular metallic electric finger conductor above and running in parallel with the corresponding emitter- and base region, a first insulation layer in-between the wafer and finger conductors, and a second insulation layer in between the finger conductors and cell interconnections.

An automated method for aligning a critical datapath in an integrated circuit design inserts an artificial alignment net in the netlist which interconnects all cells in the bit stack of the datapath. The cells are placed using a wirelength optimization which assigns weights to wire sections based on the alignment direction. The rate of change of the alignment weighting value can vary during different stages of global placement. The invention is particularly suited for a force-directed placer which uses a linear system solver to obtain a globally optimum solution for placement of the cells having some overlap among the cells, and thereafter spreads the cells to reduce the overlap. Pseudo nets are also inserted which interconnect a cell and an expected location of the cell after spreading for that iteration.

A metallic article for a photovoltaic cell is disclosed. The metallic article includes a first region having a plurality of electroformed elements that are configured to serve as an electrical conduit for a light-incident surface of the photovoltaic cell. A cell-to-cell interconnect is integral with the first region. The cell-to-cell interconnect is configured to extend beyond the light-incident surface and to directly couple the metallic article to a neighboring photovoltaic cell. The cell-to-cell interconnect includes a plurality of electroformed, curved appendages. Each appendage has a first end coupled to an edge of the first region and a second end opposite the first end and away from the edge. The appendages are spaced apart from each other. The metallic article is a unitary, free-standing piece.

Photovoltaic modules may include multiple flexible thin film photovoltaic cells electrically connected in series, and laminated to a substantially transparent top sheet having a conductive grid pattern facing the cells. Methods of manufacturing photovoltaic modules including integrated multi-cell interconnections are provided. Methods may include steps of coordinating, integrating, and registering multiple rolls of substrates in continuous processes.

The invention provides a coarse-grained reconfigurable architecture system for large-scale MIMO signal detection, and the system comprises: a calculation array module which comprises a plurality of calculation basic units, wherein each calculation basic unit comprises a calculation unit and a configuration unit a thereof; a memory access array module which comprises a plurality of memory access basic units, wherein each memory access basic unit comprises a memory access unit and a configuration unit b of the memory access unit; an interconnection network module comprises a plurality of routing basic units, wherein each routing basic unit comprises a routing unit and a configuration unit c of the routing unit; and an access unit which is arranged on the periphery of the computing array module. Data transmission is carried out between different computing units and between the computing units and the memory access unit through the routing unit; and different routing units are mutually connected. According to the method, the area efficiency is optimized, and the area efficiency of the architecture is improved.

A computer system includes a motherboard, a power supply unit, an interconnect card, and a chassis. The motherboard includes a power connector capable of transmitting power to the motherboard. The power supply unit includes a power supply unit connector. The interconnect card includes a first connector and a second connector. The power supply unit and the motherboard are mounted in the chassis. The first connector is connected with the power supply unit connector, and the second connector connected with the power connector.

The invention relates to a hearing instrument and a method for operating the same. The hearing instrument comprises a wireless communication unit for wireless communication, a speaker interconnected with the wireless communication unit and being configured to provide an output audio signal, a battery configured to supply power to the hearing instrument, a filter circuit interconnecting the batteryand a power management circuit of the hearing instrument, the wireless communication unit being interconnected with the battery, the battery being configured for emission and reception of an electromagnetic field having an RF wavelength. The filter circuit is configured to de-couple the battery and the power management circuit at frequencies above 3 MHz and configured to connect the battery to the power management circuit at frequencies below 300 kHz.