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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig Vogeli, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Prem Nath, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
United Solar Systems Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136256 ; 136244 ; 136258 ; 437-2 ;
Abstract
A photovoltaic cell includes a light-directing optical element integrally formed in an encapsulant layer thereof in the region of opaque current-collecting gridlines.The optical element redirects light which would be absorbed by the opaque structure to other regions of the photovoltaic device, thereby decreasing shading effects.