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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2008
Gary Hering, Bolle Mead, NJ (US);
Mikhail Kats, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Alan Gorenz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Scott Elman, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
LU Fang, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Gary Hering, Bolle Mead, NJ (US);
Mikhail Kats, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Alan Gorenz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Scott Elman, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Lu Fang, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Emcore Solar Power, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A solar cell module comprises an array of lenses, corresponding secondary optical elements and corresponding solar cell receivers. The solar cell receiver includes a solar cell having one or more III-V compound semiconductor layers, a diode coupled in parallel with the solar cell and connector for coupling to other solar cell receivers. The module includes a housing that supports the lenses such that each lens concentrates solar energy onto its respective solar cell.