Terrestrial concentrator solar cell module
US5118361A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 21, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/544
Abstract
Solar cells, particularly GaAs/GaSb tandem solar cells, are mechanically and electrically connected in the form of a string using a flexible circuit tape and mounted in optical alignment with solar energy concentrators in a module. A heat spreader body is attached to each cell unit as part of a heat sink and the cells are precisely positioned to provide optical alignment. The flexible circuit tape is formed by conductive strips sandwiched between layers of polymer dielectric tape and provided with tabs at predefined holes in the tape for bonding to current carrying surfaces of concentrated sunlight tandem solar cell units.
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