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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
National University of Singapore, Singapore, SG;
Ian Marius Peters, Cambridge, MA (US);
Tonio Buonassisi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Haohui Liu, Singapore, SG;
Sterling Watson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Nasim Sahraei Khanghah, Singapore, SG;
Anthony Pennes, Cambridge, MA (US);
Zekun Ren, Singapore, SG;
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A solar spectrum sensor, a consumer device and a method for determining an ambient solar spectrum. The solar spectrum sensor comprises a sensor unit configured for generating respective photo current outputs responsive to different parts of the solar spectrum; a measurement unit configured for measuring the respective photo current outputs from the sensor unit; and a processing unit for determining an average photon energy, APE, value of the solar spectrum from the measured photo current outputs and for determining the solar spectrum based on the determined APE.