US Patent Issued to Electricite de France on March 17 for "Method for electrically characterizing the cells of a photovoltaic module" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,522, issued on March 17, was assigned to Electricite de France (France).

"Method for electrically characterizing the cells of a photovoltaic module" was invented by Daniel Ory (Fontenay Aux Roses, France), Celia Aider (Orsay, France) and Sebastien Jutteau (Igny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for electrically characterising the cells of a photovoltaic module. Said method comprises measuring (MES) the light intensity emitted by electro luminescence by each of the cells according to a voltage applied to the module. Said method further comprises determining (RI), based on the measurements of the...