Electromagnetic radiation converter

• US 3,076,861 A
• Filed: 06/30/1959
• Issued: 02/05/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Henry A. Samulon, Paul C. Robison
• Original Assignee: Henry A. Samulon, Paul C. Robison
• Inventors: Samulon, Henry A., Robison, Paul C.
• Application Number:
  US03/824,111
• Time in Patent Office: 1,316 Days
• US Class Current: 136/257
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/02168 the coatings being antireflective or having enhancing optical properties for the solar cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Claims

1. A SOLAR RADIATION CONVERTER COMPRISING MEANS FOR CONVERTING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY, SAID MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION LYING SUBSTANTIALLY WITHIN A WAVELENGTH BAND OF .5 TO 1.0 MICRONS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A PHOTORESPONSIVE SEMICONDUCTIVE MEMBER HAVING A SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY TO SAID DEFINED WAVELENGTH BAND FOR DIRECTLY CONVERTING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY, AND AN INTERFERENCE FILTER BONDED DIRECTLY ON SAID PHOTORESPONSIVE SEMICONDUCTIVE MEMBER WITH THE FILTER BEING IN SURFACE ENGAGING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MEMBER FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITHIN SAID WAVELENGTH BAND AND REFLECTING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OTHER WAVELENGTHS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION NOT IN SAID BAND.