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4568409 |
Precision marking of layers
Selective incision of metallic layers overlying semiconductors by laser ablation (evaporation) of selected regions of a dye sensitized coating on each such metallic layer, followed by etching of...
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4567642 |
Method of making photovoltaic modules
An apparatus for making a photovoltaic module having a plurality of cell strips. The apparatus (10) includes a frame (11) and a support drum (25) rotatably received in the frame (11). The support...
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4567316 |
Solar cell module
A solar cell module assembly includes a solar cell module including individual solar cells disposed in rows and at least partly electrically interconnected in series, and at least one bypass diode...
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4562637 |
Method of manufacturing solar battery
A method of manufacturing a solar battery by serially connecting a plurality of solar battery elements arranged spaced from each other. A pair of flexible films are used to sandwich the arrangement...
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4556788 |
Amorphous silicon cell array powered solar tracking apparatus
An array of an even number of amorphous silicon solar cells are serially connected between first and second terminals of opposite polarity. The terminals are connected to one input terminal of a DC...
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4543441 |
Solar battery using amorphous silicon
A solar battery has a pair of opposed light incident transparent electroconductive and back electrodes sandwiching amorphous silicon layers formed on a substrate with at least a major surface of...
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4542578 |
Method of manufacturing photovoltaic device
Mutually spaced apart TCO film portions are formed on a glass substrate. An amorphous silicon film of PIN junction type is formed to cover these TCO film portions, and an aluminum film is formed...
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4542258 |
Bus bar interconnect for a solar cell
The present invention includes a method for applying bus bars to a solar cell by one single solder dipping operation. The bus bars are first temporarily spot attached to the pre-metallized surface...
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4542255 |
Gridded thin film solar cell
An improved transparent conductor structure for thin film solar cells comprising a plurality of metallic strip conductors deposited on a transparent conductor and aligned substantially with the...
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4542257 |
Solar cell array panel and method of manufacture
An integral lightweight solar cell panel containing a plurality of interconnected solar cells bonded to a fiber-reinforced polyimide film made from an isoimide-containing precursor. The solar cells...
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4540843 |
Solar cell
The invention relates to a solar cell for exposure to light rays on both sides. The solar cell contains only one pn junction on one surface side of the semiconductor body. The base of the solar...
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4537838 |
System with several panels containing photoelectric elements for the production of electric current
Several panels (5) having the same size and comprising a significant number of electrically interconnected photoelectric elements (2) are arranged side by side, separated from one another, in a...
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4536607 |
Photovoltaic tandem cell
A photovoltaic tandem cell comprises an amorphous cell and a polycrystalline heterojunction cell. The cells are in optical series and separated by a transparent contact layer.
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4534502 |
Automatic solder machine
Apparatus and method for applying at least one elongated conductor to a plurality of solar cells to establish electrical connection between the cells involves conveying the cells past a preselected...
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4525594 |
Wafer-shaped solar cell
The invention relates to a wafer-shaped solar cell comprising a rear side contact and a conduction path system as front side contact, with at least one metallic connector member connected to this...
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4525593 |
Inverted, optically enhanced solar cell
An ultra-high efficiency inverted solar cell structure is disclosed. At the rear of the cell is a high performance heterocontact made of SIPOS (a mixture of micro-crystalline silicon and silicon...
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4514579 |
Large area photovoltaic cell and method for producing same
A large area photovoltaic cell tolerant of puncture damage to small area segments thereof, and exhibiting only a proportional loss of electrical output from low resistance current paths formed...
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4513167 |
Arrays of polarized energy-generating elements
Two-dimensional arrays of polarized energy-generating or energy-storing elements (20A, 20B, . . . , 20D; 21A, . . . , 21D; 22A, . . . , 22D; 23A, . . . , 23D; 24A, . . . , 24D; 25A, . . . , 25D),...
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4513168 |
Three-terminal solar cell circuit
Photovoltaic solar cells have improved efficiency when constructed in monolithic form with two different band gap energy junctions. Solar light goes first through an upper layer containing a high...
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4507519 |
Photoelectronic conversion device
In the typical embodiment of the invention described herein, a photoelectronic conversion device comprises a transparent insulative substrate, a first transparent electrode layer of Sn-incorporated...
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4502225 |
Mechanical scriber for semiconductor devices
A mechanical scriber using a scribing tip, such as a diamond, provides controlled scriber forces with a spring-loaded compound lever arrangement. The scribing force and range of scribing depth are...
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4491681 |
Liquid cooled, linear focus solar cell receiver
Separate structures for electrical insulation and thermal conduction are established within a liquid cooled, linear focus solar cell receiver for use with parabolic or Fresnel optical...
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4485264 |
Isolation layer for photovoltaic device and method of producing same
Large area photovoltaic devices are defined by applying a pattern of electrically-insulating material directly atop the exposed surface of the semiconductor material. Methods of producing these...
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4481562 |
Solar power station
A solar power station for providing illumination or a signal generally including a storage battery-powered signaling element, a solar generator for recharging the storage battery and a bracket...
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4481265 |
Photovoltaic-storage battery device
A photovoltaic-storage battery device is disclosed, which comprises a substrate having a pair of major surfaces, a photovoltaic element formed on one major surface of the substrate and including a...
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4481378 |
Protected photovoltaic module
A practical photovoltaic module is disclosed which is protected from reverse bias damage and which displays minimal power loss resulting from temporary inoperativeness of one or more individual...
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4463215 |
Cadmium sulphide solar cell
The invention relates to the manufacture of cadmium sulphide solar cells. A cell is formed of a glass substrate 10, a front contact 12 made, for example, of tin oxide, a cadmium sulphide layer 14...
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4456782 |
Solar cell device
A solar cell array is equipped with serially or parallel connected reverse polarity diodes formed simultaneously with the array. The diodes are constituted by one or more solar cells of the array...
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4445050 |
Device for conversion of light power to electric power
This invention relates to a high efficiency device for the direct conversion of light power to electrical power. Present photocells for accomplishing this purpose are well known to the art and have...
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4443652 |
Electrically interconnected large area photovoltaic cells and method of producing said cells
Electrical interconnections for a large area photovoltaic cells, electrical interconnections for adjacent large area photovoltaic cells and the methods of producing those connections are disclosed...
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4443651 |
Series connected solar cells on a single substrate
Series connected amorphous silicon solar cells which are formed on a single substrate are described. Also described are methods of inexpensively forming such series connected amorphous silicon...
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4433200 |
Roll formed pan solar module
A solar module comprising a solar cell string laminated between layers of pottant material and a transparent superstrate and a steel substrate. The steel substrate is roll formed to provide...
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4430519 |
Electron beam welded photovoltaic cell interconnections
Interconnect strip for connecting rectangular photovoltaic cells into series strings comprises tabs spaced as collector pads on a cell to facilitate connection thereto and a bus portion for...
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4426813 |
Apparatus for mounting elements on a slate, cedar shake or shingled roof
There is disclosed an apparatus for mounting elements on a roof, the elements having a mounting bracket, and the roof being formed by a plurality of beam supports wherein are mounted a plurality of...
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4419530 |
Solar cell and method for producing same
A method of electrically isolating portions of a large surface area semiconductor body for various purposes such as the production of improved photovoltaic and semiconductor devices is disclosed...
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4409537 |
Interconnection of primary cells
A method and apparatus for interconnecting one or more groups of primary electric cells in which cells in each group are further divided into two series-connected subgroups which, in twin, are...
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4409422 |
High intensity solar cell
A high intensity solar cell is comprised of a plurality of semiconductor bodies each having adjacent regions of opposite conductivity type defining a P-N junction therebetween. The adjacent bodies...
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4401839 |
Solar panel with hardened foil back layer
A solar panel has at least one solar cell and a sheet of hardened aluminum foil underlying the cell. The panel preferably has a rigid transparent sheet above the cell, the foil sheet being bonded...
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4400577 |
Thin solar cells
Solar cells and arrays of solar cells are made as thin films on insulating substrates. In an exemplary embodiment, a thin conductive film is deposited on glass and a semi-conductor film is...
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4393576 |
Method of producing electrical contacts on a silicon solar cell
A method of producing electrical contacts on a Silicon Solar Cell comprises stamping contact shapes from a carrier with a metallic film or foil adhered thereto and applying the stamped out film or...
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4392009 |
Solar power module
A solar power module comprising an array of solar cells arranged on a flat panel, said panel being supported by a substantially rigid, easily assembled frame comprising spaced apart side channels...
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4378006 |
Solar panel foundation device
A transportable solar panel foundation device which has a bottom member, at least one upstanding side member, and an essentially open top. The side members are angled to permit nesting of a...
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4377722 |
Solar cell unit and a panel or battery composed of a plurality of such solar cell units
The effective area of a solar cell unit may be enlarged or increased considerably relative to its physical area by providing its exposed surface layer with a periodic structure or pattern, by which...
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4374406 |
Lightweight attachment for solar cell array next to a fluorescent tube
A lightweight attachment for a solar cell array in combination with spacing means for spacing the array consisting of a plurality of solar cells on a support next to a fluorescent tube to provide...
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RE31151 |
Inexpensive solar cell and method therefor
Solar cells are manufactured by a simplified method in which a single protective layer acts as an anti-reflection coating and an encapsulation. In cases where the junction is formed by ion...
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4371739 |
Terminal assembly for solar panels
A terminal assembly for providing external electrical connection to a solar panel having at least one solar cell and an electrically conductive layer located behind the cell. The terminal assembly...
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4371139 |
Adjustable mounting rack for solar collectors
A rack for supportively mounting a solar collector to a mounting surface to set the angle of tilt with respect to the sun. One end of the rack is adapted to provide predominant support of the...
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4370509 |
Solar cell array
A solar cell array comprising a plurality of solar cells connected together by electrical contact means comprising amorphous metal alloy conductors.
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4367365 |
Solar energy conversion arrangement utilizing photovoltaic members
An arrangement for converting solar energy directly to electrical energy is disclosed herein and utilizes a group of photovoltaic-like panel members, each of which is designed to convert solar...
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4364508 |
Method of fabricating a solar cell array
A first set of pre-tabbed solar cells are assembled in a predetermined array with at least part of each tab facing upward, each tab being fixed to a bonding pad on one cell and abutting a bonding...
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