公开(公告)号：US5110370A

公开(公告)日：1992-05-05

申请号：US585661

申请日：1990-09-20

申请人： Craig Vogeli ,  Prem Nath

发明人： Craig Vogeli ,  Prem Nath

IPC分类号： H01L31/042 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/052

CPC分类号： H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0543 ,  H01L31/0547 ,  Y02E10/52

摘要： A photovoltaic cell includes a light-directing optical element integrally formed in an encapsulant layer thereof in the region of opaque current-collecting gridlines.The optical element redirects light which would be absorbed by the opaque structure to other regions of the photovoltaic device, thereby decreasing shading effects.

摘要翻译： 光伏电池包括在不透明电流收集网格线的区域中整体地形成在其密封剂层中的导光光学元件。光学元件将将被不透明结构吸收的光重定向到光伏器件的其它区域，从而减少 阴影效果。

公开(公告)号：US5268039A

公开(公告)日：1993-12-07

申请号：US33955

申请日：1993-03-19

申请人： Craig Vogeli ,  Prem Nath

发明人： Craig Vogeli ,  Prem Nath

IPC分类号： H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/20 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/06

CPC分类号： H01L31/03921 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/208 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A photovoltaic device which is resistant to shunt and short circuit defects developing between the opposed electrodes thereof. The photovoltaic device comprises an electrically conductive substrate, a semiconductor body including a photogenerative region, a layer of transparent conductive material, and means for collecting photogenerated current. In particular, a layer of low-conductivity material is operatively positioned between the layer of transparent conductive material and the collecting means, thereby resistively restricting the flow of electric current through short circuit portions. A method of fabricating such a shunt-resistant photovoltaic device is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 一种能够在其相对电极之间产生分流和短路缺陷的光电器件。 光电器件包括导电衬底，包括光生代区域的半导体本体，透明导电材料层以及用于收集光生电流的装置。 特别地，一层低导电性材料可操作地定位在透明导电材料层和收集装置之间，由此电阻限制通过短路部分的电流。 还公开了制造这种分流电阻光伏器件的方法。

公开(公告)号：US5232519A

公开(公告)日：1993-08-03

申请号：US828002

申请日：1992-01-30

申请人： Troy Glatfelter ,  Craig Vogeli ,  Prem Nath

发明人： Troy Glatfelter ,  Craig Vogeli ,  Prem Nath

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/042 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/052

CPC分类号： H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0201 ,  H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/0543 ,  Y02E10/52

摘要： A wireless, monolithic photovoltaic module. The module includes top and bottom, rectangular electrodes with a photovoltaic body and an adjacent insulating strip sandwiched in between the electrodes, the insulating strip being disposed proximate the edge of the bottom electrode. A bus bar overlies the insulating strip, but not the photovoltaic body, and is connected to a net of current carrying grid lines which overlie the photovoltaic body to form a current collector. A top encapsulating layer has diffractive grooves formed therein which overlie the grid lines to minimize shading effects otherwise caused by shadows from the grid lines.

摘要翻译： 无线单片光伏模块。 该模块包括具有光伏体的顶部和底部矩形电极以及夹在电极之间的相邻绝缘条，绝缘条位于底部电极的边缘附近。 母线位于绝缘带上，而不是光伏体，并且连接到覆盖在光伏体上的载流网格线的网以形成集电器。 顶部封装层具有形成在其中的衍射凹槽，其覆盖网格线以最小化否则由网格线的阴影引起的阴影效果。

公开(公告)号：US5131954A

公开(公告)日：1992-07-21

申请号：US798848

申请日：1991-11-25

申请人： Craig Vogeli ,  Prem Nath

发明人： Craig Vogeli ,  Prem Nath

IPC分类号： H01L27/142 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H01L31/052 ,  H01L31/105 ,  H01L31/20

CPC分类号： H01L31/076 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H01L31/046 ,  H01L31/0465 ,  H01L31/056 ,  H01L31/204 ,  Y02E10/52 ,  Y02E10/548 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： Large area, thin-film body of photovoltaic material is subdivided into a plurality of small area devices. Through a selective etching process, a portion of the bottom electrode of each small area device is exposed. A metallic contact member is deposited upon the exposed portion of the electrode and a series connection between adjoining cells is established by interconnecting the metallic contact member of a first cell with the top electrode of an adjoining cell, so as to provide a large-area photovoltaic device including a plurality of interconnected sub-cells.

摘要翻译： 大面积的薄膜体的光伏材料被细分成多个小区域装置。 通过选择性蚀刻工艺，暴露每个小面积器件的底部电极的一部分。 金属接触构件沉积在电极的暴露部分上，并且通过将第一电池的金属接触构件与相邻电池的顶电极相互连接来建立相邻电池之间的串联连接，以便提供大面积的光电 设备包括多个互连子单元。

公开(公告)号：US4773944A

公开(公告)日：1988-09-27

申请号：US94357

申请日：1987-09-08

申请人： Prem Nath ,  Timothy Laarman ,  Craig Vogeli ,  Kenneth Whelan ,  Bernard Kelly

发明人： Prem Nath ,  Timothy Laarman ,  Craig Vogeli ,  Kenneth Whelan ,  Bernard Kelly

IPC分类号： H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/076 ,  H01L31/20 ,  H01L31/06 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/076 ,  B32B17/10788 ,  H01L31/03921 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/206 ,  H01L31/208 ,  Y02E10/548 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A large area, high current, low voltage photovoltaic module including a common bottom electrode upon which a means adapted to collect and transport photogenerated current is disposed. By electrically interconnecting a plurality of said large area modules in series, the voltage obtained therefrom can be added so as to obtain any desired voltage output therefrom.

摘要翻译： 一种大面积，高电流，低电压的光伏模块，其包括共同的底部电极，在其上设置适于收集和传送光生电流的装置。 通过将多个所述大面积模块串联电连接，可以添加从其获得的电压，从而获得任何所需的电压输出。

公开(公告)号：US4729970A

公开(公告)日：1988-03-08

申请号：US907425

申请日：1986-09-15

申请人： Prem Nath ,  Craig Vogeli

发明人： Prem Nath ,  Craig Vogeli

IPC分类号： H01L31/04 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L21/316 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/20 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/022466 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L31/208 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y02P70/521 ,  Y10S136/29

摘要： An electronic device of the type including a thin film body having a superposed electrode has short circuit defects therein passivated by a conversion process in which the electrical resistivity of the electrode material is increased proximate the defect regions. Conversion is accomplished by exposing the electrode material to a conversion reagent and activating the reagent proximate the defect regions. The process may be utilized for a variety of differently configured devices, and may be readily adapted for use in a roll-to-roll device fabrication process.

摘要翻译： 包括具有重叠电极的薄膜体的类型的电子器件具有通过转换过程钝化的短路缺陷，其中电极材料的电阻率在缺陷区附近增加。 通过将电极材料暴露于转化试剂并使接近缺陷区域的试剂活化来实现转化。 该方法可以用于各种不同配置的设备，并且可以容易地适用于卷对卷设备制造过程中。

公开(公告)号：US5181968A

公开(公告)日：1993-01-26

申请号：US719917

申请日：1991-06-24

申请人： Prem Nath ,  Craig Vogeli

发明人： Prem Nath ,  Craig Vogeli

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/0392

CPC分类号： H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/03921 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： An improved photovoltaic device in which an electrically conductive adhesive is employed to affix the grid structure to the upper electrode thereof. By appropriately selecting the resistivity of the conductive adhesive, normal photogenerated current flow is readily accommodated, while shunted current flow, through patent or latent defects is substantially eliminated.

摘要翻译： 一种改进的光电器件，其中使用导电粘合剂将栅格结构固定到其上电极。 通过适当地选择导电粘合剂的电阻率，容易地容纳正常的光生电流，而通过专利或潜在缺陷的分流电流基本上被消除。

公开(公告)号：US5176758A

公开(公告)日：1993-01-05

申请号：US702844

申请日：1991-05-20

申请人： Prem Nath ,  Craig Vogeli

发明人： Prem Nath ,  Craig Vogeli

IPC分类号： H01L31/048

CPC分类号： H01L31/048 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： A light transmissive power generating photovoltaic device (14) includes a power generating film having a substrate (30), a plurality of semiconductor layers (30, 32, 34) and a transparent conductive oxide layer (37) with a grid adhered on the top surface thereof. Apertures (42) pass through the opaque semiconductive layers to let light pass through. The power generating film is laminated onto a transparent glass sheet (24, 26) on each side to form the photovoltaic device.

摘要翻译： 一种透光发光光伏器件（14）包括具有衬底（30），多个半导体层（30,32,34）和透明导电氧化物层（37）的发光膜，其中栅极粘附在顶部 表面。 孔（42）穿过不透明半导体层以使光通过。 将发电膜层叠在每侧的透明玻璃板（24,26）上，形成光电器件。

公开(公告)号：US5637537A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-10

申请号：US881345

申请日：1992-05-11

申请人： Prem Nath ,  Craig N. Vogeli

发明人： Prem Nath ,  Craig N. Vogeli

IPC分类号： H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/20 ,  H01L21/302 ,  H01L21/463

CPC分类号： H01L31/206 ,  H01L31/02167 ,  H01L31/208 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y02P70/521 ,  Y10S148/028

摘要： A method of severing a thin film semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first electrode region formed thereon, a semiconductor body formed of layers of thin film semiconductor alloy material disposed upon the base electrode, a transparent, electrically conductive second electrode deposited atop the semiconductor body, and a containment layer of polymeric material associated with the first or second electrode in at least one region to permit subsequent severing of the device into a plurality of devices through said containment layer region.

摘要翻译： 一种切断薄膜半导体器件的方法。 半导体器件包括其上形成有第一电极区域的基板，由设置在基极上的薄膜半导体合金材料层形成的半导体本体，沉积在半导体本体顶部上的透明导电的第二电极，以及安置层 在至少一个区域中与第一或第二电极相关联的聚合材料，以允许随后通过所述容纳层区域将装置切断成多个装置。

公开(公告)号：US5280133A

公开(公告)日：1994-01-18

申请号：US808158

申请日：1991-12-13

申请人： Prem Nath

发明人： Prem Nath

IPC分类号： H01L31/048 ,  H01R13/52 ,  H01R13/58 ,  H05K5/00 ,  B29B13/00 ,  H01L25/00 ,  H05K1/00

CPC分类号： H01R13/5213 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01R13/5216 ,  H01R13/58 ,  H02S40/34 ,  H01R12/53 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y10S174/35

摘要： A solar panel assembly (10) includes a power generating sheet (22) having two output terminals (30,32), and an electric cable (20) soldered at one end to terminals (30) and (32). A frame member is anchored to the solar panel in overlying relation to the terminals and an epoxy material (62) fills a cavity (58) defined by the frame member (40). A case (42) covers the frame member (40). The case includes an upper member (44) and a lower member (46) which are snap fitted together through apertures in the solar panel. The case (42) includes a tension relieving device which prevents tension on the cable (20) from being transferred to the cable end connected to the terminals (30) and (32). The epoxy provides a water resistant seal which allows the solar panel to be used in hostile environments.

摘要翻译： 太阳能面板组件（10）包括具有两个输出端子（30,32）的发电片（22）和一端焊接到端子（30）和（32）的电缆（20）。 框架构件以与端子重叠的方式锚固到太阳能电池板，并且环氧树脂材料（62）填充由框架构件（40）限定的空腔（58）。 壳体（42）覆盖框架构件（40）。 壳体包括通过太阳能电池板中的孔卡扣配合在一起的上部构件（44）和下部构件（46）。 壳体（42）包括防止电缆（20）上的张力传递到连接到端子（30）和（32）的电缆端的张力释放装置。 环氧树脂提供防水密封，允许太阳能电池板在恶劣的环境中使用。