Solar power system for space vehicles or satellites using inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells

US8686282B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Emcore Solar Power, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Daniel McGlynn · Albuquerque, US
• Paul R. Sharps · Albuquerque, US
• Arthur Cornfeld · Sandia Park, US
• Mark A. Stan · Albuquerque, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 1, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826

Abstract

A system for generating electrical power from solar radiation utilizing a thin film III-V compound multijunction semiconductor solar cell mounted on a support in a non-planar configuration is disclosed herein.