Solar converter
First Claim
1. A solar energy converter for producing variable amplitude energy waveforms directly from solar energy comprisinga solar bank having an array of photo-voltaic segments, each segment including a variable number of photo-voltaic cells and being adapted to produce a weighted voltage output proportional to the number of photo-voltaic cells when activated by solar energy;
- means for reflecting concentrated solar light onto said solar bank;
means for scanning said reflecting means across said solar bank; and
circuit means for connecting the output of said solar bank to a load.
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Abstract
A solar energy converter for producing variable amplitude alternating current waveforms directly from solar energy including a photo-voltaic cell bank array, formed of a plurality of weighted photo-voltaic segments, a multi-sided, high speed, rotating, light concentrating, concave mirror and a servo means for tracking the sun. Rotation of the mirror past the weighted segments of the photo-voltaic bank produces instantaneous outputs which are proportional to the number of cells scanned in each segment. By suitable arrangement of the photo-voltaic segments, a simulated AC waveform is produced.
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12 Claims
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1. A solar energy converter for producing variable amplitude energy waveforms directly from solar energy comprising
a solar bank having an array of photo-voltaic segments, each segment including a variable number of photo-voltaic cells and being adapted to produce a weighted voltage output proportional to the number of photo-voltaic cells when activated by solar energy; -
means for reflecting concentrated solar light onto said solar bank; means for scanning said reflecting means across said solar bank; and circuit means for connecting the output of said solar bank to a load. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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