(US5330583-A)      The solar battery module, comprises a number of solar battery cells arranged in a linear array, and each cell includes a front electrode and a back electrode. Each front electrode includes a number of parallel conductors located on a light receiving surface of each cell and extending in a direction along the length of the linear array. The cells are electrically series-connected by interconnectors connected to each of the electrodes and extending in a direction along the length of the linear array.    Each cell includes a bypass diode which allows output currents of the solar battery cells to be bypassed with respect to one of the solar battery cells. Each bypass diode is a chip shaped thin diode and is attached to one of the parallel conductors of a front electrode of a cell and connected to an adjacent cell front electrode by an interconnector extending in a direction along the length of the linear array.    ADVANTAGE -   Has good appearance and high value and can be easily thinly laminated together with protection layers at low cost without damaging thin solar battery cells. Output of module can be maintained at very high level even if crack is produced in module.    (EP535614-B1)      The solar battery module includes a number of solar battery cells (2) electrically series-connected to interconnectors (3), and at least one or more bypass diodes (4A) allowing output currents of the solar battery cells to be bypassed with respect to at least one or more solar battery cells. The bypass diode is a pellet-like thin diode, connected between two interconnectors extending from electrode (2a, 2b) of the solar battery cell on a line in which the interconnectors are aligned.Each of the solar battery cells has one bypass diode with a thickness of approximately not more then 0.5mm. The solar battery module is laminated together with a protection layer (5 and 6).    USE/ADVANTAGE -   For roof-tile adaptation, which maintains output level even when a crack appears in the roof-tile-stacked solar battery module. Provides solar battery module which has good appearance and high value as commodity, easily laminated together with protection layers without damaging thin solar battery cells.