EP1902475A2 - Method and system for integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regions - Google Patents
Method and system for integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regionsInfo
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- EP1902475A2 EP1902475A2 EP06760692A EP06760692A EP1902475A2 EP 1902475 A2 EP1902475 A2 EP 1902475A2 EP 06760692 A EP06760692 A EP 06760692A EP 06760692 A EP06760692 A EP 06760692A EP 1902475 A2 EP1902475 A2 EP 1902475A2
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- photovoltaic
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- solar cell
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Applications Claiming Priority (4)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US68807705P | 2005-06-06 | 2005-06-06 | |
| US11/445,933 US20060283495A1 (en) | 2005-06-06 | 2006-06-02 | Method and system for integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regions |
| US11/445,948 US20070095386A1 (en) | 2005-06-06 | 2006-06-02 | Method and system for integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regions |
| PCT/US2006/021803 WO2006133126A2 (en) | 2005-06-06 | 2006-06-05 | Method and system for integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regions |
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| EP1902475A2 true EP1902475A2 (en) | 2008-03-26 |
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| EP06760692A Withdrawn EP1902475A2 (en) | 2005-06-06 | 2006-06-05 | Method and system for integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regions |
Country Status (4)
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| EP (1) | EP1902475A2 (ko) |
| JP (1) | JP2008543111A (ko) |
| KR (1) | KR20080021652A (ko) |
| WO (1) | WO2006133126A2 (ko) |
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| US20080178922A1 (en) * | 2005-07-26 | 2008-07-31 | Solaria Corporation | Method and system for manufacturing solar panels using an integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regions |
| US7910822B1 (en) | 2005-10-17 | 2011-03-22 | Solaria Corporation | Fabrication process for photovoltaic cell |
| US8227688B1 (en) | 2005-10-17 | 2012-07-24 | Solaria Corporation | Method and resulting structure for assembling photovoltaic regions onto lead frame members for integration on concentrating elements for solar cells |
| US7910392B2 (en) | 2007-04-02 | 2011-03-22 | Solaria Corporation | Method and system for assembling a solar cell package |
| US8119902B2 (en) | 2007-05-21 | 2012-02-21 | Solaria Corporation | Concentrating module and method of manufacture for photovoltaic strips |
| FR2916901B1 (fr) * | 2007-05-31 | 2009-07-17 | Saint Gobain | Procede d'obtention d'un substrat texture pour panneau photovoltaique |
| US7910035B2 (en) | 2007-12-12 | 2011-03-22 | Solaria Corporation | Method and system for manufacturing integrated molded concentrator photovoltaic device |
| FR2938078B1 (fr) * | 2008-11-03 | 2011-02-11 | Saint Gobain | Vitrage a zones concentrant la lumiere par echange ionique. |
| JP2014067925A (ja) * | 2012-09-26 | 2014-04-17 | Toshiba Corp | 太陽電池モジュール |
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- 2006-06-05 EP EP06760692A patent/EP1902475A2/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2006-06-05 WO PCT/US2006/021803 patent/WO2006133126A2/en active Application Filing
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| WO2006133126A2 (en) | 2006-12-14 |
| KR20080021652A (ko) | 2008-03-07 |
| WO2006133126A3 (en) | 2007-11-01 |
| JP2008543111A (ja) | 2008-11-27 |
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