Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combination non-imaging concentrator
- Patent Title (中): 组合非成像集中器
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Application No.: US11960896Application Date: 2007-12-20
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Publication No.: US08119905B2Publication Date: 2012-02-21
- Inventor: John Steffen Jensen , Mark McDonald
- Applicant: John Steffen Jensen , Mark McDonald
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: SolFocus, Inc.
- Current Assignee: SolFocus, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: The Mueller Law Office, P.C.
- Main IPC: H01L31/00
- IPC: H01L31/00 ; G02B17/00

Abstract:
The present invention is a combination non-imaging concentrator in which at least one surface or volume is incorporated as an optical element to increase obliquity of reflection at walls of a light guide. The combination non-imaging concentrator may be used in a solar energy system to receive solar radiation from optical components and then output the solar radiation to a photovoltaic cell for conversion to electricity. One or more lenses may be formed integrally with the light guide, or may be used in conjunction with the light guide as separate components.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090114280A1 COMBINATION NON-IMAGING CONCENTRATOR Public/Granted day:2009-05-07
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