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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Blue Origin, Llc, Kent, WA (US);
Inventor:
Brian Jay Tillotson, Kent, WA (US);
Assignee:
Blue Origin, LLC, Kent, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/30 (2016.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); H01L 31/047 (2014.01); H01L 31/05 (2014.01); H01L 31/055 (2014.01); H01L 31/0725 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/30 (2016.02); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); H01L 31/047 (2014.12); H01L 31/0504 (2013.01); H01L 31/0512 (2013.01); H01L 31/055 (2013.01); H01L 31/0725 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for wirelessly transferring power to a multi junction photovoltaic cell of a space apparatus via a light emission system. The light emission system uses multiple lasers emitting different wavelengths and/or photon energies to produce electron-hole pairs in each layer of the multi junction photovoltaic cell to prompt power generation by the multi junction photovoltaic cell. The light emission system may be located on Earth or on another space apparatus. The multi junction photovoltaic cell can convert sunlight and the light emitted by the light emission system into electrical energy.