Patent ID: 8735712

Claim:
A photovoltaic (PV) array comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic (PV) cells, each PV cell of the plurality of PV cells being configured to receive at least one optical power beam and convert power from the at least one optical power beam to electrical power; and wherein the PV array has a surface geometry arrangement in which at least some of the plurality of PV cells are disposed at an angle with respect to the at least one optical power beam to substantially equalize irradiance of the plurality of PV cells received from the at least one optical power beam across the PV array; wherein the surface geometry arrangement is a sawtooth configuration having a plurality of cusps and a plurality of slopes; and wherein the plurality of slopes increase progressively in angle from an edge of the PV array to a center of the PV array; and wherein the surface geometry arrangement compensates for a beam intensity curve approximately equal to a beam intensity curve of a conical array.