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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

May. 18, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Aveek N. Chatterjee, Bangalore, IN;

Kota V. R. M. Murali, Bangalore, IN;

Ninad D. Sathaye, Pune, IN;

Rajesh Sathiyanarayanan, Bangalore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/044 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H02S 20/10 (2014.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F24S 80/45 (2018.01); F24S 70/30 (2018.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.01); H02S 20/20 (2014.01); F24S 23/71 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); F24S 70/30 (2018.05); F24S 80/45 (2018.05); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H02S 20/10 (2014.12); H02S 20/20 (2014.12); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 20/32 (2014.12); H02S 40/425 (2014.12); F24S 23/71 (2018.05); Y02E 10/40 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01); Y02E 10/544 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method including installing solar pods at varying heights on a tower, where a size of each of the solar pods is inversely related its installation height on the tower, each of the solar pods including a transparent ovoid enclosure symmetrical about an axis, and a reflector and a solar cell both contained within the transparent ovoid enclosure, the solar cell positioned at a common focal point of the reflector such that substantially all light reflected by the reflector is directed at the solar cell.


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