Patent ID: 11876484
Assignee: RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING CORP.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a solar panel comprising a plurality of solar cells, and a plurality of thermochromic temperature sensors thermally coupled to different areas of the solar panel, wherein the thermochromic temperature sensors are configured to change color in response to heat generated by the solar cells in the different areas of the solar panel; and
a control system configured to detect colors of the thermochromic temperature sensors, determine a temperature of each area of the solar panel based on the detected colors of the thermochromic temperature sensors, and cause the solar panel to shut down in response to determining that the temperature of at least one area of the solar panel exceeds a predetermined temperature threshold;
wherein the thermochromic temperature sensors are disposed on a backside of a solar cell supporting substrate of the solar panel;
wherein the supporting substrate comprises a plurality of through holes which extend from a frontside of the supporting substrate to the backside of the supporting substrate; and
wherein each through hole of the plurality of through holes is aligned to a respective one of the thermochromic temperature sensors disposed on the backside of the supporting substrate.