49 results about "Cell interconnection" patented technology

According to one aspect of the disclosed subject matter, a monolithically isled solar cell is provided. The solar cell comprises a semiconductor layer having a light receiving frontside and a backside opposite the frontside and attached to an electrically insulating backplane. A trench isolation pattern partitions the semiconductor layer into electrically isolated isles on the electrically insulating backplane. A first metal layer having base and emitter electrodes is positioned on the semiconductor layer backside. A patterned second metal layer providing cell interconnection and connected to the first metal layer by via plugs is positioned on the backplane.

An interface module for transmitting a digital video signal includes: a transmitting interface unit which is designed to be connected to a host device for outputting a video signal, and which has a cable connection consisting of a 4-core optical fiber cable and a 4-core male connector provided at one end thereof; a receiving interface unit having a cable connection designed to be connected to a video output display unit and consisting of a 4-core optical fiber cable and a 4-core male connector provided at one end thereof; and an optical cable unit for transmitting TMDS signals consisting of RGB signals and clock signals. The transmitting and receiving interface units are interconnected by the optical cable unit. The transmitting interface unit includes a second integrated circuit outputting identification information (DDC signal) associated with the video output display unit.

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.

A vehicle having an energy storage element including a drive inverter and a charging unit. The energy storage element further includes a first control apparatus, modules, an interconnection apparatus, and two first poles, to which first poles the drive inverter is connected. The modules each have an energy storage unit. The interconnection apparatus has connections between the modules and first switches provided on the connections, in order to allow different interconnections of the modules and different voltages at the first poles on the basis of the state at the first switches. Different interconnections of the modules allow at least two interconnections from the group of interconnections. The first control apparatus is configured to actuate the interconnection apparatus on the basis of a voltage setpoint value in order to influence the voltage at the first poles on the basis of the voltage setpoint value.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

The present invention relates to a processing unit (100) and a method for processing a plurality of data streams by an algorithm divided into a plurality of Process Steps (PS) comprising: an interconnection unit (102) comprising means for switching, Process Step (PS) means (106) comprising at least two PS modules (106a-106m), each connected to the interconnection unit (102) and a scheduler (110) connected to said interconnection unit (102) and to each PS module (106a-106m), wherein said processing unit (100) comprises: a memory unit (108) comprising at least two memories (108a-108n) wherein each memory is connected to the interconnection unit (102); the interconnection unit (102) comprising further means for at least providing a first connection between one of said memories and one of said PS modules and a second connection between another of said memories and another of said PS modules, wherein the interconnection unit (102) is adapted to connect each memory to each of the PS modules by a switching activity, wherein the switching activity and the processing of the PS modules is controlled by the scheduler (110); and each memory comprises means for storing a data stream and said data streams are manipulated in parallel by the connected PS modules respectively, during a predetermined time period between said switching activities.

The invention, in one aspect, provides a photovoltaic cell including a charge carrier material and a photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material including nanoparticles linked by a polymeric linking agent, both disposed between first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates. In one embodiment, the charge carrier material and the photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material are disposed between a first and second flexible, significantly light-transmitting substrate that are themselves disposed between the first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates.

An abstraction model supporting multiple hierarchical levels is inputted into a generalized static timing analysis of a hierarchical IC chip design to analyze and optimize the design of circuits integral to the chip containing a plurality of macro abstracts. An electrical network, synthesized for an internal abstract interconnect segment, is performed only once per macro and is applied to multiple instances of the macro abstract model in the IC chip design. The synthesized electrical network is a resistive capacitive or a resistive inductive capacitive network or a combination thereof. The synthesized electrical network is then used to match impulse response transfer functions of the network and the abstract interconnect segment's timing model. This network is stitched with the electrical parasitics of external interconnect segments connected to macro primary outputs. Various model order reductions are then performed on the electrical parasitics of external interconnects prior to network stitching. A static timing analysis is performed on the final network.

A connection apparatus for transmitting power and signals for a notebook PC is described. The power and signal connection apparatus includes a hinge and an arc-shaped connector. The hinge interconnects a battery module, a display panel and a base unit of the notebook PC. When the display panel is opened, the base unit is lifted at the hinge side by the battery module. The arc-shaped connector maintains an electrical connection between the battery and a motherboard of the notebook PC.

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.

A method to provide a tubular, triangular or other type solid oxide electrolyte fuel cell has steps including providing a porous air electrode cathode support substrate, applying a solid electrolyte and cell to cell interconnection on the air electrode, applying a layer of bismuth compounds on the surface of the electrolyte and possibly also the interconnection, and sintering the whole above the melting point of the bismuth compounds for the bismuth compounds to permeate and for densification.

The invention discloses electrode design and a cell interconnection method of a heterojunction solar cell with double-sided power generation, and belongs to the technical field of solar cells. The electrode design comprises heterojunction solar cell substrates, solar cell light incident surface screen-printed silver electrodes, solar cell backlight surface electrodes; and interconnection between solar cells. The electrode design is characterized in that each heterojunction solar cell backlight surface electrode comprises a metal seed layer located on a transparent conductive film, and a conducting layer and a welding layer which are sequentially located on the metal seed layer; The backlight surface electrodes are connected with incident surface electrode grid lines of another adjacent heterojunction solar cell, so that interconnection and conduction of the heterojunction solar cells are realized. According to the electrode design and the cell interconnection method of the heterojunction solar cell with double-sided power generation, an original screen-printed Ag back electrode is replaced by depositing the metal lamination, and the advantages of preparing the back electrodes at low cost and realizing cell interconnection are achieved.

A vehicle having an energy storage element including a drive inverter and a charging unit. The energy storage element further includes a first control apparatus, modules, an interconnection apparatus, and two first poles, the drive inverter is connected to said two first poles. Each modules of said modules has an energy storage unit. The interconnection apparatus has connections between the modules and first switches provided on the connections in order to allow different interconnections of the modules and different voltages at the first poles based on a state at the first switches. Different interconnections of the modules allow at least two interconnections from the group of interconnections. The first control apparatus is configured to actuate the interconnection apparatus based on a voltage setpoint value in order to influence the different voltages at the two first poles based on the voltage setpoint value.

A resistance determining system and method for a protection circuit, includes a resistance determining unit. The resistance determining unit interconnects a microcontroller and a digital resistor, where the microcontroller has first setting voltage corresponding to a first voltage threshold for activating the protection circuit, and the microcontroller is capable of receiving and converting a first external voltage input to the protection circuit to be a first converted voltage. The digital resistor includes a first variable resistor having two terminals connected to the respective first terminal and the second terminal. The microcontroller adjusts a resistance of the first variable resistor to be a first threshold resistance if the first converted voltage is substantially equal to the first voltage threshold, and the first resistance is determined to be substantially equal to the first threshold resistance.

The invention relates to a method and to a circuit arrangement for feeding n LED units (LED1,...LED5) of a lamp unit of a motor vehicle by means of a controlled current source (5) from a voltage source (2) having fluctuating operating voltage (UB), in which the connecting of the LED units (LED1,...LED5) in the event of the operating voltage (UB) falling is carried out whilst taking into account a stored weighting with regard to the priority assigned to the individual LED units, in particular each k LED units (LED1,...,LED5) of a series circuit are short-circuited, wherein at the same time (n-k) LED units remain energized. At the same time, a control unit (3) for driving the current source is assigned a storage unit (7) for storing information about weightings relating to the priority of specific LED units, a switching matrix (4', S1,..., S4), in particular a switch arrangement of n controlled switches (S1,..., S4) each bridging the LED units (LED1,..., LED4, LED5) is provided, and the control unit (3) is configured to compare the operating voltage and / or the current (IS) from the current source with predefined threshold values and to carry out the connection of the LED units on the basis of this comparison and the weighting.

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 method to provide a tubular, triangular or other type solid oxide electrolyte fuel cell (10, 30) has steps including providing a porous air electrode (14, 40, 40') cathode support substrate, applying a solid electrolyte (16, 42) and cell to cell interconnection (22, 40') on the air electrode, applying a layer of bismuth compounds (44) on the surface of the electrolyte and possibly also the interconnection, and sintering the whole above the melting point of the bismuth compounds for the bismuth compounds to permeate and for densification.