Patent Document ID: 20170099032
Application ID: 15279718
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A combinatorial flux adder to determine a nonlinear response of a photovoltaic cell, the combinatorial flux adder comprising: a plurality of light emitters comprising: a first light emitter; and a second light emitter; the first light emitter to produce a first light comprising a first photon flux to irradiate the photovoltaic cell, wherein the first photon flux is produced in response to receipt, by the first light emitter, of a first control signal, wherein a first amplitude of the first control signal controls a first magnitude of the first photon flux; the second light emitter to produce a second light comprising a second photon flux to irradiate the photovoltaic cell, wherein the second photon flux is produced in response to receipt, by the second light emitter, of a second control signal, wherein a second amplitude of the second control signal controls a second magnitude of the second photon flux; and a driver in electrical communication with the first light emitter and the second light emitter to provide: the first control signal comprising the first amplitude to the first light emitter, and the second control signal comprising the second amplitude to the second light emitter, wherein the driver controls: during a first singular period, the first light emitter to produce the first photon flux in an absence of the second photon flux from the second light emitter; during a second singular period, the second light emitter to produce the second photon flux in an absence of the first photon flux from the first light emitter; and during a combinatorial period: the first light emitter to produce the first photon flux in combination with the second light emitter to produce the second photon flux to provide a first combinatorial flux that comprises the first photon flux and the second photon flux, and the first light emitter to produce the first photon flux in combination with the second light emitter to produce the second photon flux to provide a second combinatorial flux that comprises the first photon flux and the second photon flux, wherein the first combinatorial flux and the second combinatorial flux differ in at least one of the first photon flux or the second photon flux.