Patent ID: 7994417

Claim:
A solar PV panel comprising a plurality of series connected modules comprising an array of series-connected primary mirrors collecting and reflecting solar radiation toward an array of series-connected dichroic secondary elements and within each module each of said dichroic secondary elements reflecting near-visible solar radiation to an array of series-connected near-visible radiation sensitive solar cells and simultaneously transmitting infrared radiation to an array of series-connected infrared sensitive solar cells, wherein each radiation sensitive cell of the array of near-visible radiation sensitive cells and each infrared sensitive cell of the array of infrared sensitive cells are wired in series, and wherein the optical properties of each of the dichroic secondary elements and the near-visible radiation sensitive cells and the IR sensitive cells is configured for simultaneous maximum power production from the panel, wherein the array of series-connected near-visible radiation sensitive solar cells is connected in series with the array of series-connected infrared sensitive solar cells.