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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Rani Moran, Rehovot, IL;
Haim Chayet, Nes Ziona, IL;
Ori Kost, Omer, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SUNCORE PHOTOVOLTAICS, INC., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/052 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); F24J 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); F24J 2/1047 (2013.01); F24J 2002/1014 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar electricity generator including an array of photovoltaic power generating elements, and a single continuous smooth solar reflecting surface, the surface being arranged to reflect light from the sun onto the array of photovoltaic power generating elements, wherein the flux per area at a point of minimum flux per area on the array is approximately 75% of the flux per area at a point of maximum flux per area, the intercept factor of the array is at least 70%, and the optical fill factor of the array is at least 60%.