Appeal 2007-3964
Application 10/295,060
Claims 1, 7, 9, and 13 illustrate Appellants’ invention of a solar cell
structure which has a bypass diode, and are representative of the claims on
appeal: 1
1. A solar cell structure comprising:
a solar cell having a front side and a back side and comprising an
active semiconductor structure, wherein the solar cell produces a voltage
when the front side is illuminated; and
a by-pass diode structure, wherein the by-pass diode structure
comprises
a by-pass diode positioned at the back side of the solar cell,
wherein the by-pass diode has a first diode terminal and a second diode
terminal,
a first electrical interconnection structure extending between the
back side of the solar cell and the first diode terminal, and
a second electrical interconnection structure extending between
the front side of the solar cell and the second diode terminal, wherein an
entire length of the second electrical interconnection structure extending
between the front side of the solar cell and the second diode terminal
contacts the solar cell.
7. A solar cell structure comprising:
a solar cell having a front side and a back side, wherein the solar cell
comprises
a substrate facing the back side of the solar cell, and
an active semiconductor structure having a first side contacting
the substrate in facing relation thereto and a second side facing the front side
of the solar cell, wherein the active semiconductor structure comprises two
semiconductor layers in facing contact with each other to form a
semiconductor junction producing a voltage between the two semiconductor
layers when illuminated; and
1We reproduce claim 1 as it stands of record because the copy in the Claims
Appendix of the Brie contains error as the Examiner points out. See Answer
at 3.
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