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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Paul F. Lamarche, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Brett Julian Chicotka, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul F. Lamarche, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Brett Julian Chicotka, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Solar Junction Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/26 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for highly accelerated life testing (HALT) of multi-junction solar cells according to a method that utilizes a high vacuum chamber, as well as lenses and windows transparent to broad spectrum solar radiation from typically a single source to house packaged solar chips and temperature monitoring and control means during testing, thereby allowing substantially greater control of environmental variables such as temperature, atmospheric composition, and light spectrum than is currently available.