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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2009
Sunil Vaid, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Mikhail Kats, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Gary Hering, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Philip Blumenfeld, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Damien Buie, Tijeras, NM (US);
John Nagyvary, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James Foresi, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Peter Allen Zawadzki, Clinton, NJ (US);
Sunil Vaid, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Mikhail Kats, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Gary Hering, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Philip Blumenfeld, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Damien Buie, Tijeras, NM (US);
John Nagyvary, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James Foresi, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Peter Allen Zawadzki, Clinton, NJ (US);
Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A solar cell module to convert light to electricity. The module may include a housing with a first side and an opposing spaced-apart second side. A plurality of lenses may be positioned on the first side of the housing, and a plurality of solar cell receivers may be positioned on the second side of the housing. Each of the plurality of solar cell receivers may include a III-V compound semiconductor multifunction solar cell. Each may also include a bypass diode coupled with the solar cell. At least one optical element may be positioned above the solar cell to guide the light from one of the lenses onto the solar cell. Each of said solar cell receivers may be disposed in an optical path of one of the lenses. The lens and the at least one optical element may concentrate the light onto the respective solar cell by a factor of 1000 or more to generate in excess of 25 watts of peak power.