Telstar solar cell
date: label: Date made
content: c1962
label: date made
content: ca 1962
name: label: maker
content: Bell Laboratories
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Telstar solar cell; no markings. #1 of 4 units, each weights 0.8 oz and is made with two assemblies: the cover (sapphire plate brazed into a platinum frame) and the solar cell (silicon cells shingled to provide a series connection and mounted on a ceramic plate). The two units are joined by soldering the cover assembly to the cell assembly along the edges of the ceramic plate. Twelve silicon cell sections are mounted in each module and are designed to be sensitive to the blue-green region of the spectrum. Total initial power of the 3600 cell Telstar array is nominally 14 Watts at 28 Volts. Reference: Bell System Technical Journal 4, part 3 (July 1963), 1765-1816.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from American Telephone & Telegraph
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.322974.01
label: accession number
content: 247512
label: catalog number
content: 322974.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photovoltaics
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 11/16 in x 7/8 in x 1/4 in; 11.90625 cm x 2.2225 cm x .635 cm