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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1993
Filed:
May. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Prem Nath, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Craig Vogeli, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Assignee:
United Solar Systems Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136251 ; 136244 ; 136249 ; 136256 ; 136258 ; 437-2 ; 437-4 ;
Abstract
A light transmissive power generating photovoltaic device (14) includes a power generating film having a substrate (30), a plurality of semiconductor layers (30, 32, 34) and a transparent conductive oxide layer (37) with a grid adhered on the top surface thereof. Apertures (42) pass through the opaque semiconductive layers to let light pass through. The power generating film is laminated onto a transparent glass sheet (24, 26) on each side to form the photovoltaic device.