Photovoltaic system including a lens structure
CA 1073996 A · Owner: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (Mit) · Inventors: Frank, Robert I.; Kaplow, Roy
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A photovoltaic or solar cell generator includes a plurality of unit solar cells each having one or more p-n junctions. An optical light-focusing system which, includes an array of lens elements focuses the incoming, radiation into a series of preferably narrow beams that are incident on the surfaces of the unit solar cells at locations lying immediately adjacent but spaced from the p-n junctions.
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- Granted March 18, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 18, 1997.
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