JUNCTION BOX FOR SOLAR CELL

Abstract

The invention discloses a junction box for a solar cell. The junction box includes a box body, wherein the box body is provided with a plurality of conducting pieces for connecting solar cell pieces; two adjacent conducting pieces are connected by a diode; the conducting pieces at both ends are connected to the outside via a guide line respectively; and the chip area of the diode in the middle is bigger than that of the diodes at both sides. According to the invention, the diode with bigger chip area is employed in parts where the temperature rise is easily produced to reduce the temperature rise; while the diode with smaller chip area is employed in parts where the temperature rise is not easily produced to control cost.

Claims

1. A junction box for a solar cell, comprising a box body, wherein the box body is provided with a plurality of conducting pieces for connecting solar cell pieces; two adjacent conducting pieces are connected by a diode; the conducting pieces at both ends are connected to outside parts via a guide line respectively; characterized in that chip area of a diode in the middle is bigger than that of diodes at both sides.

2. The junction box for the solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the box body is provided with N+1 conducting pieces connected by N diodes and the chip area of each diode satisfies the following conditions: when N is an even number, both formulas I and II are satisfied; when N is an odd number, both formulas III and IV are satisfied; $\begin{array}{cc}{S}_{\frac{N}{2}}\ge S_{\frac{N}{2}-1}\ge \mathrm{.Math.}.Math.>S_1& \mathrm{Formula}.Math..Math.I\\ S_{\frac{N}{2}+1}\ge S_{\frac{N}{2}+2}\ge \mathrm{.Math.}.Math.>S_N& \mathrm{Formula}.Math..Math.\mathrm{II}\\ S_{\frac{N+1}{2}}\ge S_{\frac{N+1}{2}-1}\ge \mathrm{.Math.}.Math.>S_1& \mathrm{Formula}.Math..Math.\mathrm{III}\\ S_{\frac{N+1}{2}}\ge S_{\frac{N+1}{2}+1}\ge \mathrm{.Math.}.Math.>S_N& \mathrm{Formula}.Math..Math.\mathrm{IV}\end{array}$ wherein: S is the chip area and subscript represents the sequence of the diodes.

3. The junction box for the solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the box body is provided with four conducting pieces connected by three diodes, wherein the chip area of the diode in the middle is bigger than that of the diodes at both ends.

4. The junction box for the solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the difference of the chip area of the diodes is realized by employing different models of diodes.

5. The junction box for the solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the difference of the chip area of the diodes is realized by using different number of diodes.

6. The junction box for the solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the difference of the chip area of the diodes is realized by providing grooves on the surface of chip.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] The present invention is further described in details hereinafter by reference to the drawings and the exemplary embodiments of the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a junction box in the prior art.

[0015] FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] FIG. 3 is a structural schematic diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0017] FIG. 4 is a structural schematic diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention.

[0018] FIG. 5 is a side view of a middle diode chip of the third embodiment of the present invention.

[0019] Reference numerals in figures: conducting piece 1, diode 2, middle diode 21, two-end diode 22, first chip 31, second chip 32, third chip 33, trench/groove 34.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0020] Referring to the drawings, the junction box described in the embodiment comprises a box body, wherein the box body is provided with a plurality of conducting pieces 1 for connecting solar cell pieces; two adjacent conducting pieces 1 are connected by a diode 2; the conducting pieces 1 at both ends are connected to the outside via a busbar respectively; as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art, the box body is provided with four conducting pieces 1 connected by three diodes 2, and the chip areas of a first chip 31 on all the diodes 2 are the same. It does not seem desirable as the cost is increased greatly once the chip area of the diode is increased.

[0021] As the temperature rise of the diode in the middle is greater than that of the diodes at both sides, the method employed in the embodiment is that the chip area of the diode in the middle is increased so that it is bigger than that of the chip of the diodes at both sides.

First Embodiment

[0022] As illustrated in FIG. 2, the box body of the embodiment is provided with four conducting pieces 1 for connecting solar cell pieces; two adjacent conducting pieces 1 are connected by a diode, three diodes in total are connected; the conducting pieces 1 at both ends are connected to the outside via a busbar respectively; wherein the model of a second chip 32 of the middle diode 21 is different from that of the first chip 31 of two-end diodes 22. The area of first chip 31 is: S1=length*width=130 mil*130 mil, S3=length*width=130 mil*130 mil; the area of second chip 32 used in the middle diode 21 is: S2=length*width=150 mil*150 mil, (1000 mil=1 inch, mil is the common size unit of diodes). The area of the second chip 32 on the middle diode 21 is bigger than that of the first chip 31 on the two-end diode 22. Thus, the cost increase is controlled due to the decrease in heating.

Second Embodiment

[0023] As illustrated in FIG. 3, the box body of the embodiment is provided with four conducting pieces 1 for connecting solar cell pieces; two adjacent conducting pieces 1 are connected by a total of three diodes; the conducting pieces 1 at both ends are connected to the outside parts via a busbar respectively; wherein the middle diode 21 is parallelly connected with two first chips 31 respectively, so the chip area of the first chip 31 of the two-end diode 22 is: S1=length*width=130 mil*130 mil, S3=length*width=130 mil*130 mil, the chip area of the second chip 32 used on the middle diode 21 is: S2=2*S1=2*length*width=2*130 mil*130 mil, (1000 mil=1 inch, mil is the common size unit of diodes). The total heat disseminating area of the two first chips 31 on the middle diode 21 is bigger than the chip area of the two-end diode 22. Thus, the cost increase is controlled due to the decrease in heating.

Third Embodiment

[0024] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the box body of the embodiment is provided with four conducting pieces 1 for connecting solar cell pieces; two adjacent conducting pieces 1 are connected by a total of three diodes; the conducting pieces 1 at both ends are connected to the outside parts via a busbar respectively; wherein the surface of a third chip 33 on the middle diode 21 is provided with a trench or groove 34, the chip area of the third chip 33 is increased by the trench or groove 34 so as to be bigger than that of the first chip 31 on the two-end diode 22. Thus, the cost increase is controlled due to the decrease in heating.