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Abstract

A solar module includes a safety circuit, and a series circuit of bypass diodes, which is arranged between solar module connections, wherein the bypass diodes have bypass connections at both ends and all connecting points of the series circuit of bypass diodes. The solar module also includes a series circuit of solar partial modules having partial module terminals at both ends and all connecting points of the series circuit of solar partial modules, wherein each bypass diode is associated with precisely one solar partial module, and a plurality of semiconductor switches configured to disconnect the solar module connections from voltage at an associated partial module terminal when a disconnection signal is received by the safety circuit. Each of the plurality of semiconductor switches is configured to switch a solar partial module associated therewith into a voltage-free or current-free state, and at least one bypass connection is directly connected to an associated partial module terminal and at least one bypass connection is connected to an associated partial module terminal by means of one of the semiconductor switches.

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