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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2014
Applicants:
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0216 (2014.01); H01L 31/0236 (2006.01); H01L 31/056 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/1833 (2013.01); G02B 5/18 (2013.01); G02B 5/1857 (2013.01); H01L 31/0236 (2013.01); H01L 31/02168 (2013.01); H01L 31/056 (2014.12); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A grating structure and a solar cell assembly. In one aspect, the grating structure suppresses the zero order transmission to near 0%. In another aspect, the solar cell assembly has improved absorption due to coupling with a grating structure.