| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7592538 |
Method of fabricating a multijunction solar cell with a bypass diode having an intrinsic layer |
September 22, 2009 |
| A method of making a multijunction solar cell, including first and second solar cells on a substrate with a bypass diode having an intrinsic layer and operative for passing current when the multijunction solar cell is shaded. In one embodiment, a vertical sequence of solar cells are |
| 7553691 |
Method and apparatus of multiplejunction solar cell structure with high band gap heterojunction |
June 30, 2009 |
| A method and a multijunction solar device having a high band gap heterojunction middle solar cell are disclosed. In one embodiment, a triple-junction solar device includes bottom, middle, and top cells. The bottom cell has a germanium (Ge) substrate and a buffer layer, wherein the bu |
| 7339109 |
Apparatus and method for optimizing the efficiency of germanium junctions in multi-junction sola |
March 4, 2008 |
| Apparatus and Method for Optimizing the Efficiency of Germanium Junctions in Multi-Junction Solar Cells. In a preferred embodiment, an indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) nucleation layer is disposed between the germanium (Ge) substrate and the overlying dual-junction epilayers for cont |
| 7071407 |
Method and apparatus of multiplejunction solar cell structure with high band gap heterojunction |
July 4, 2006 |
| A method and a multijunction solar device having a high band gap heterojunction middle solar cell are disclosed. In one embodiment, a triple-junction solar device includes bottom, middle, and top cells. The bottom cell has a germanium (Ge) substrate and a buffer layer, wherein the bu |
| 6864414 |
Apparatus and method for integral bypass diode in solar cells |
March 8, 2005 |
| A solar cell having a multijunction solar cell structure with a bypass diode is disclosed. The bypass diode provides a reverse bias protection for the multijunction solar cell structure. In one embodiment, the multifunction solar cell structure includes a substrate, a bottom cell, a |
| 6680432 |
Apparatus and method for optimizing the efficiency of a bypass diode in multijunction solar cell |
January 20, 2004 |
| Apparatus and Method for Optimizing the Efficiency of a Bypass Diode in Solar Cells. In a preferred embodiment, a layer of TiAu is placed in an etch in a solar cell with a contact at a doped layer of GaAs. Electric current is conducted through a diode and away from the main cell by p |
