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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Johann H. Bredel, Seibersbach, DE;
Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Nieder-Hilbersheim, DE;
Ruediger Kellmann, Mainz, DE;
Hartmut Kuehl, Gau-Bischofsheim, DE;
Markus Schmidt, Seibersbach, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A thin-film monolithically integrated solar module with a solar cell, an integrated energy storage device, and a controller may be provided. It may comprise a thin-film solar cell, having at least one solar diode, on a transparent substrate, a thin-film energy storage device, and an electronic controller comprising at least one thin-film transistor above the thin-film energy storage device. The electronic controller may be electrically connected to the thin-film solar cell and the thin-film energy storage device by vias. The named functional units may build a monolithically integrated device on one substrate.