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5928439 Thin-film solar cell and method for the manufacture thereof  
A transparent second electrode layer laminated over a laminated composite of a solar cell structure is connected to a third electrode layer disposed opposite the substrate via through holes spaced...
5928437 Microarray for efficient energy generation for satellites  
A microarray uses small, irregularly shaped, or nonplanar surfaces on a satellite to maximize power generation without introducing a significant weight penalty. The microarray includes a plurality...
5919316 Spacecraft solar array design to control differential charging  
Numerous undesirable prior art epoxy beads or pads of metallization, employed to prevent unacceptable electrostatic charge buildup upon the solar cell coverglasses of solar cell array panels...
5902416 Element of a photovoltaic solar cell and a process for the production thereof as well as the arrangement thereof in a solar cell  
The invention relates to an element, and a method for making the element, of a photovoltaic solar cell with an elongated, rod-like, wire-like, thread-like, or band-like electrode, which is provided...
5897715 Interdigitated photovoltaic power conversion device  
A photovoltaic power conversion device has a top surface adapted to receive impinging radiation. The device includes at least two adjacent, serially connected cells. Each cell includes a...
5868869 Thin film photovoltaic device and process of manufacture  
Provided is a thin film photovoltaic device and a method of manufacturing the device. The thin film photovoltaic device comprises a film layer having particles which are smaller than about 30...
5865904 Flexible photoelectric conversion module and method for its manufacture  
For reduced electrical resistance of series connections between columns of photoelectric conversion elements in a flexible photoelectric conversion module, the columns are connected by a flexible...
5863354 Flexible photoelectric conversion module  
Thin-film photoelectric conversion elements are spaced from each other on an insulating belt-like film. Respective common conductive tapes are soldered to the terminal electrodes of the elements at...
5821597 Photoelectric conversion device  
A photoelectric conversion device taking the form of a thin film and having a substrate exhibiting poor thermal resistance. The device prevents thermal deformation which would normally be caused by...
5798284 Process for fabricating array of photovoltaic elements connected in series  
Disclosed is a process for fabricating an array of photovoltaic elements connected in series, which can be used as a high-efficiency solar battery, at low cost and with high reliability. The...
5787653 Sheet-shaped solar module mounting structure  
In a sheet-shaped solar module mounting structure, rail members include locking members to which the end portions of sheet-shaped solar batteries are locked, so that, in mounting the sheet-shaped...
5779817 Circuit arrangement of solar cells  
A circuit arrangement with a first string of solar cells which are connected together in series and a second string of solar cells which are connected together in series, the electric power...
5768831 Rooftile support for photocell panel  
The invention relates to a roof tile/roof slate/wall plate 1 made of a plate of clay, ceramic, concrete, fiber cement or synthetic, serving as a carrier for a solar panel 6 with photovoltaic solar...
5752676 Spacecraft with integrated array of solar cells and electronically scannable antenna  
A spacecraft having an array of antenna elements mounted on its outer surface. Signals are transmitted and received by scanning the array electronically. Solar cells are mounted on the array...
5740996 Device for mounting plate-like construction components  
A device for mounting plate-like construction components, in particular solar modules and solar energy collectors on inclined surfaces. The plate-like construction components are arranged in the...
5733381 Thin-film solar cell array and method of manufacturing same  
A transparent second electrode layer laminated over a laminated composite of a solar cell structure is connected to a third electrode layer disposed opposite the substrate via through holes spaced...
5714391 Method of manufacturing a compound semiconductor thin film for a photoelectric or solar cell device  
This invention relates to a manufacturing method of a compound semiconductor thin film derived from a metal sulfide produced by thermal decomposition of a sulfur-containing metal organic compound,...
5688366 Etching method, method of producing a semiconductor device, and etchant therefor  
A method of etching material as a transparent conductive film, a method of producing a semiconductor device, and an etchant therefor are disclosed. These method and etchant are simple, excellent in...
5688337 Temperature compensated photovoltaic array  
A temperature compensated photovoltaic module (20) comprised of a series of solar cells (22) having a thermally activated switch (24) connected in parallel with several of the cells (22). The...
5679176 Group of solar cell elements, and solar cell module and production method thereof  
A group of solar cell elements is obtained by connecting a plurality of solar cell elements in series or in parallel by metal foil members, which is characterized in that an insulating tape is...
5680033 Solar powered warning device  
A solar energy powered flashing device includes a light-transmitting, dome-like cover inside which a high efficiency solar energy plate and a circuit board connected to the solar energy plate are...
5667596 Photovoltaic device and manufacturing method of the same  
In a photovoltaic device comprising a conductive base plate having four side edges, at least one conductive foil having a higher conductivity than the conductive base plate is provided in contact...
5660643 Solar cell system  
A solar cell system including at least one large-area, amorphous, thin-layer solar cell, at least one electrical voltage converter for increasing the level of the electrical voltage of the...
5660646 Solar battery module  
A solar battery module in which at least the front, light incident side of the photovoltaic elements is covered with a transparent organic polymer resin, and a resin film of a material different...
5651837 Solar cell module and manufacturing method thereof  
A solar cell module is provided which is excellent in foldability and durability. The filler thickness in the downwardly facing parts, engagement parts, and upwardly facing folded parts of the...
5639314 Photovoltaic device including plural interconnected photoelectric cells, and method of making the same  
A method of fabricating a three-dimensionally shaped photovoltaic device involves first forming a photovoltaic element on a flexible substrate, preferably while it is flat, and then deforming the...
5637155 Solar cell array and electronic equipment having the same  
Even when a portion of the incident light plane of a solar cell array is shaded, drastic decrease of photoelectric output is prevented by connecting a plurality of unit cells in parallel and a...
5626686 Thin-film solar cell and method of manufacturing the same  
A thin-film solar cell includes an insulating flexible substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions each having a rear electrode layer, an amorphous semiconductor layer and a...
5620528 Solar cell with a connecting structure  
A solar cell has electrical conductors applied on a pattern of electric contacts on a front surface and extending transversely relative thereto with a portion projecting beyond the edge of the...
5616185 Solar cell with integrated bypass diode and method  
An integrated solar cell-bypass diode assembly is provided by forming at least one recess in the back (non-illuminated) side of the solar cell and placing at least one discrete low-profile bypass...
5609694 Solar cell and a method of manufacturing thereof  
A solar cell includes a first n + type layer formed on the upper surface of a p type silicon substrate, a p type layer formed on the back surface of the substrate and having a dopant impurity...
5595607 Buried contact interconnected thin film and bulk photovoltaic cells  
A semiconductor substrate material having a photovoltaic cell, a semiconductor substrate material having an integrated array of at least two photovoltaic cells in electrical series with one...
5593901 Monolithic series and parallel connected photovoltaic module  
A thin-film semiconductor device comprising a substrate and a front contact layer disposed on said substrate including a plurality of segments separated by first scribe lines, a plurality of the...
5590495 Solar roofing system  
A photovoltaic module that serves as a shingle, tile or other building material that may be placed onto the exterior of a structure. The photovoltaic module generates a voltage when exposed to...
5580473 Methods of removing semiconductor film with energy beams  
A method of removing a prescribed portion of a semiconductor film or a metal film involves irradiating the prescribed portion to be removed with a first energy beam, and then with a second energy...
5567248 Modular solar cell contact arrangement  
A contact arrangement for permitting a plurality of solar cells to be electrically interconnected. The inventive device includes a solar cell having orthogonally oriented outer peripheral edges and...
5558723 Thin-film solar module with electrically conductive substrate and method for the manufacture thereof  
A solar module has a thin-film structure applied on an aluminum substrate, with the back electrode insulated from the electrically conductive aluminum substrate by an electrically insulating oxide...
5542989 Solar battery roofing for a solar house  
The roof of a solar house includes a plurality of crosspieces arranged parallel to each other, and a solar battery roofing for the solar house is fixed to the crosspieces. The solar battery is...
5542988 Photocell, its method of manufacture, and a solar panel comprising such cells  
The present invention relates to a photocell including means for providing protection against the accumulation of electrostatic charge, to a method of manufacturing it, and to a solar panel...
5538902 Method of fabricating a photovoltaic device having a three-dimensional shape  
A method of fabricating a three-dimensionally shaped photovoltaic device involves first forming a photovoltaic element on a flexible substrate, preferably while it is flat, and then deforming the...
5527716 Method of making integrated-circuit stacked-cell solar module  
Individual solar cells are disposed in a stacked-cell solar module alternately as p-i-n, n-i-p, p-i-n and so on, the solar-cell stack is patterned in strip-like fashion and the interconnection is...
5514223 Dual discharge photovoltaic module  
A dual discharge photovoltaic module responsive to high and low loads. The module includes a first plurality of series connected, high short circuit current cells, and a second plurality of series...
5512107 Environmentally stable thin-film solar module  
A thin-film solar module includes a transparent substrate, at least one active semiconductor layer (3) made of a I-III-VI2 semiconductor (chalcopyrite) having a diode structure, the semiconductor...
5505788 Thermally regulated photovoltaic roofing assembly  
A photovoltaic roofing assembly comprises a roofing membrane (102), a plurality of photovoltaic modules (104, 106, 108, 110) disposed as a layer on top of the roofing membrane (102), and a...
5504015 Process for preparing photovoltaic modules based on crystalline silicon  
A process for preparing low-cost photovoltaic modules based on crystalline silicon. The silicon wafers are treated while supported on a substrate having properties compatible with the process.
5501744 Photovoltaic cell having a p-type polycrystalline layer with large crystals  
A photovoltaic cell has an n-type polycrystalline layer and a p-type polycrystalline layer adjoining the n-type polycrystalline layer to form a photovoltaic junction. The p-type polycrystalline...
5500052 Solar photovoltaic power generation device capable of adjusting voltage and electric power  
In a solar photovoltaic power generation device comprising a plurality of power generation units (31-34) each of which comprises first through n-th generation elements, the first through the n-th...
5482569 Roof for generating electricity by solar light  
A base member for a roof is composed of a flexible high molecular material film and thin film solar cell modules formed thereon, and a finish member placed on the base member is a tile made of...
5478407 Apparatus for shading surfaces having a spread roof sheathing and photovoltaic elements provided on same  
In an apparatus for shading surfaces, in particular for shading spaces which can be negotiated on foot, or the like, comprising at least a roof sheathing which is stretched on supports or the like...
5468988 Large area, through-hole, parallel-connected photovoltaic device  
A large area photovoltaic device includes a plurality of photovoltaic regions electrically interconnected in parallel. The regions are defined by through hole connections which establish electrical...