Patent ID: 6700055
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: F24S,Y02E

Abstract:
A solar concentrator system comprising:at least one collector lens for at least partially focusing incident solar radiation, each collector lens having an area; photovoltaic material having an area less than the area of the at least one collector lens; at least one intermediate array of lenses positioned between the at least one collector lens and the photovoltaic material, each intermediate array of lenses including elements, each element of the intermediate array of lenses directing the at least partially focused solar radiation emerging from the at least one collector lens onto the photovoltaic material, wherein as a solar source moves across the solar concentrator system the partially focused solar radiation moves from one element of the intermediate array of lenses onto an adjacent element of the intermediate array of lenses to maintain the partially focused solar radiation directed onto the photovoltaic material; and a housing having an opening for receiving incident solar radiation, the housing supporting the at least one collector lens adjacent the opening, the photovoltaic material and the at least one intermediate array of lenses.