Patent ID: 6653551
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: F24S,H01L,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A solar photovoltaic array module of an electric power generation system for residential homes comprising:a. a plurality of solar electric concentrators with four stages of optical concentration, each solar electric concentrator comprising: i. a first optical concentrator, for focusing sun rays such that the rays are concentrated five to ten times their normal intensity; ii. a second optical concentrator disposed below said first optical concentrator, for focusing sun rays that have been concentrated by said first optical concentrator; iii. a third optical concentrator having a bottom side and being disposed under said second optical concentrator for further concentration of the focused sun rays twenty to fifty times; and iv. a fourth optical concentrator, having an upward and downward facing surface, disposed at said bottom side of said third optical concentrator for further concentration of the focused sun rays; and b. a plurality of concentrator solar cells disposed below said fourth optical concentrators and having a sets of fins disposed on the bottom of said solar cells.