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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2010
Shirish Shah, San Ramon, CA (US);
Frank Magana, Aptos, CA (US);
Junaid Fatehi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Enrico Casaje, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Raghunandan Chaware, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shirish Shah, San Ramon, CA (US);
Frank Magana, Aptos, CA (US);
Junaid Fatehi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Enrico Casaje, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Raghunandan Chaware, Mountain View, CA (US);
Solaria Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a solar energy collection device includes receiving a sheet of glass comprising glass material, wherein the sheet of glass includes a plurality of light concentrating geometric features, measuring geometric characteristics for the plurality of light concentrating geometric features, mathematically calculating predicted light concentration characteristics for each of the plurality of light concentrating geometric features in response to the geometric characteristics, determining placement locations for a plurality of PV strips in response to the predicted light concentration characteristics for each of the plurality of light concentrating geometric features, and securing the plurality of PV strips relative to the sheet of glass in response to the placement locations for the plurality of PV strips.