A photovoltaic (PV) solar panel, made of many micro-PV cells, where each micro-PV cell has its own integrated, monolithic bypass diode. Each micro-PV cell is a multi-junction solar cell that is approximately 1 cm on a side. An array of approximately fifty micro-PV cells, all connected in series, makes up a single “PV device”, which generates 90-100 V at a low current. A PV solar panel includes multiple strings of these PV devices, connected in parallel, which generates a high photocurrent at 90-100 V. The multi-junction micro-PV cells can be made of stacked layers of Ge, GaAs, and InGaP PN.
MONOLITHIC PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANEL WITH MICRO-PV CELLS AND INTEGRATED, MONOLITHIC BYPASS DIODES
2025-07-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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