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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1980
Thomas M Knasel, McLean, VA (US);
Alexander J Houghton, Annandale, VA (US);
Science Applications, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for the concentration of solar energy upon a fixed array of solar cells. A transparent material is overlayed upon the cell array, and a diffuse reflective coating is applied to the surface area of the transparent medium in between cells. Radiant light, which reflects through the transparent layer and does not fall directly incident to a cell surface is reflected by the coating layer in an approximate cosine pattern. Thereafter, such light undergoes internal reflection and rediffusion until subsequently it either strikes a solar cell surface or is lost through the upper surface of the transparent material.