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Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2013
Applicant:

Atonometrics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

William Stueve, Austin, TX (US);

Michael Gostein, Austin, TX (US);

Lawrence R. Dunn, Austin, TX (US);

Stan Faullin, Ausitn, TX (US);

Assignee:

Atonometrics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/18 (2006.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01); G01J 1/32 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/18 (2013.01); G01J 1/0252 (2013.01); G01J 1/32 (2013.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.12); G01J 1/0242 (2013.01); G01J 1/0403 (2013.01); G01J 1/0488 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4266 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for field measurement and calibration of photovoltaic reference devices, including a reference device electronics unit that measures the electrical output of a photovoltaic reference module and provides data to determine the solar irradiance received by the reference module as a function of its electrical output; and a calibrator unit that is used to routinely recalibrate the reference device electronics unit and the reference module, wherein the calibrator unit contains one or more calibrated photovoltaic reference cell(s).


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