Patent ID: 11923469
Assignee: SEC OPTICS LLC
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  Y | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. An optical solar enhancer comprising:
a panel having a top surface and a bottom surface defining a normal extending perpendicular to the bottom surface, the panel including a plurality of generally parallel features extending along a first length configured to redirect rays of radiant energy entering the top surface of the panel so as to decrease their angle with the normal at the bottom surface,
wherein each of the plurality of generally parallel features includes a curve extending at least partially between a peak and a valley,
wherein the curve has an increasing radius of curvature from the peak to the valley,
wherein rays of light passing through the panel are, on average, redirected to have a smaller angle to the normal than they had before entering the panel,
and further wherein the top surface of the panel is configured such that portions of rays of radiant energy respectively impinge on and pass through first sections of the surface of each of the generally parallel features at first angles to the normal extending perpendicular to the bottom surface and then impinge on and be reflected from second sections of the surface of the generally parallel features at second angles to said normal such that the second angles to said normal are smaller than the first angles to said normal and such that the portions of the light rays reflected from the second sections of the surface of the generally parallel features then exit the bottom surface of the panel.