US Patent Issued to IMEC VZW, Universiteit Hasselt on Jan. 13 for "Bypass diode assembly for a photovoltaic module and method for fabricating" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,094, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to IMEC VZW (Leuven, Belgium) and Universiteit Hasselt (Hasselt, Belgium).

"Bypass diode assembly for a photovoltaic module and method for fabricating" was invented by Marc Meuris (Keerbergen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bypass diode assembly and a method for fabricating the bypass diode assembly are provided, the bypass diode assembly comprising an electrically insulating tape, an electrically conductive ribbon extending over the back side of the tape and locally exposed at the front side of the tape through an opening, a semiconductor component positioned in a hole through the tape,...