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Four Junction Solar Cell For Space Applications - EP3133650

The patent EP3133650 was granted to Solaero on Sep 23, 2020. The application was originally filed on Aug 2, 2016 under application number EP16182474A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

EP3133650

SOLAERO
Application Number
EP16182474A
Filing Date
Aug 2, 2016
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Aug 21, 2020
Grant Date
Sep 23, 2020
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Patent Citations (11) New

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Citation PhasePublication Number
DESCRIPTIONUS20080218582
OPPOSITIONEP2264788
OPPOSITIONUS2009229659
OPPOSITIONUS2012211068
OPPOSITIONUS2014076401
OPPOSITIONUS2014182667
OPPOSITIONUS4881979
OPPOSITIONUS6660928
OTHEREP2264788
OTHERUS2009229659
SEARCHUS2014182667

Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (33) New

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OPPOSITION- A.S. GUDOVSKIKH et al., "Anisotype GaAs Based Heterojunctions for III-V Multijunction Solar Cells", 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Valencia, Spain, (20100906), XP055827483
OPPOSITION- CAMPESATO, "HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS BASED ON AllnGaP", 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), (20090000), pages 1 - 6, XP055827496
OPPOSITION- CAMPESATO R. et al., "High efficiency AlInGaP and AlInGaAs solar cells for 32% four junction devices", PROCEEDINGS / EU PVSEC 2013, 28 TH EUROPEAN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, (20131001), pages 1 - 6, XP055827499
OPPOSITION- CARSTEN BAUR, "Entwicklung und Charakterisierung von III-V Weltraumsolarzellen", Dissertation, (20070000), pages 13, 14 - 79 - 80, XP055608284
OPPOSITION- D. FUHRMANN et al., "ABOUT 42%-CLASS CPV CELLS AND PATHWAYS BEYOND", CPV, (20130000), vol. 9, pages 1 - 26, XP055827485
OPPOSITION- DIMROTH et al., "NEXT GENERATION GalnP/GalnAs/Ge MULTI-JUNCTION SPACE SOLAR CELLS", 17TH. E.C. PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE. MUNICH, GERMANY, OCT. 22 - 26, 2001; [PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE], (20011022), pages 2150 - 2154, XP001139903
OPPOSITION- KING R et al., "Band gap-voltage offset and energy production in next-generation multijunction solar cells", EU PVSEC PROCEEDINGS : 25 TH EUROPEAN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION / 5 TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION, (20100906), pages 1 - 14, XP055827498
OPPOSITION- KING, R. R., "Band gap-voltage offset and energy production in next- generation multijunction solar cells", Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl., (20110000), vol. 19, pages 797 - 812, XP055827492
OPPOSITION- LE DONNE A et al., "Optical and electrical characterization of AlGaInP solar cells", SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, (20101201), vol. 94, no. 12, pages 2002 - 2006, XP027383816
OPPOSITION- MEUSEL et al., "European Roadmap for the Development of III-V Multi-Junction Space Solar Cells", Proc. of EU-PVSEC, Paris, (20040000), pages 3581 - 3586, XP002369931
OPPOSITION- N. S. FATEMI et al., "THE DEVELOPMENT OF >28% EFFICIENT TRIPLEJUNCTION SPACE SOLAR CELLS AT EMCORE PHOTOVOLTAICS", Proc. of 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Osaka, (20030000), pages 622 - 665, XP031987655
OPPOSITION- RICHARD R. KING, "Raising the Efficiency Ceiling in Multijunction Solar Cells", Presentation am UCSB Center for Energy Efficient Materials Seminar, Santa Barbara, CA, (20110216), pages 1 - 82, XP055482262
OPPOSITION- STROBL et al., "About AZUR'S "3G30-advanced'' Space Solar Cell and Next Generation Product with 35% Efficiency", Proc. of 27th EU-PVSEC, Frankfurt, (20120000), pages 104 - 108, XP055501334
OPPOSITION- HECKELMANN et al., "Investigations on AIGaAs Solar Cells Grown by MOVPE", IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, (20150100), vol. 5, no. 1, doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2367869, XP011568526
OPPOSITION- King R R; Fetzer C; Chiu P; Rehder E; Edmondson K; Karam N, "Group-IV Subcells in Multijunction Concentrator Solar Cells", ECS Transactions, (20120100), vol. 50, no. 9, pages 287 - 295, XP055135598
OPPOSITION- King R R; Boca A; Hong W; Liu X-Q; Bhusari D; Larrabee D; Edmondson K M; Law D C; Fetzer C M; Mesropian S; Karam N H, "Band-Gap-Engineered Architectures for High- Efficiency Multijunction Concentrator Solar Cells", 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, XP055779663
OPPOSITION- Campesato R; Gori G; Casale M; Gabetta G, "High efficiency four junction lattice matched solar cell for space applications: Analysis of hardness against 1MeV electrons", 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, (20141100), pages 2031 - to 2035, XP055548202
OTHER- CAMPESATO et al., "High efficiency AlInGaP and AlInGaAs solar cells for 32% four junction devices", Proceedings / EU PVSEC 2013, 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, (20130000), XP040634861
OTHER- CAMPESATO et al., "High efficiency AlInGaP and AlInGaAs solar cells for 32% fours junction devices", PROCEEDINGS / EU PVSEC 2013, 28TH EUROPEAN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, (20131001), XP040634861
OTHER- CAMPESATO et al., "High efficiency four junction lattice matched solar cells for space applications: analysis of radiation hardness against 1 mev electrons", Proceedings of the 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition,, (20140000), pages 2031 - 2035, XP040677850
OTHER- CAMPESATO et al., "High Efficiency Four Junction Lattice Matched Solar Cells for Space Applications: Analysis of Radiation Hardness against 1 MeV Electrons", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 29TH EUROPEAN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, (20140000), XP040677850
OTHER- CARSTEN BAUR, "Entwicklung und Charakterisierung von III-V Weltraumsolarzellen", Dissertation, (20070000), pages 13, 14, 79 - 80, XP055608284
OTHER- F. DIMROTH et al., "NEXT GENERATION GalnP/GalnAs/Ge MULTI-JUNCTION SPACE SOLAR CELLS", 17th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, (20011022), pages 2150 - 2154, XP055273946
OTHER- N. S. FATEMI; M. A. STAN; D. AIKEN; 1. HILLS; P. SHARPS; B. CLEVENGER, "THE DEVELOPMENT OF >28% EFFICIENT TRIPLEJUNCTION SPACE SO- LAR CELLS AT EMCORE PHOTOVOLTAICS", Proc. of 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, (20030518), vol. 3P-B5-03, pages 662 - 665, XP031987655
OTHER- STROBL et al., "About AZUR'S "3G30-advanced'' Space Solar Cell and Next Generation Product with 35% Efficiency", Proc. of 27th EU-PVSEC, (20120000), pages 104 - 108, XP055501334
OTHER- Strobl et al., "European Roadmap for the Development of III-V Multi-Junction Space Solar Cells", Proc. of EU-PVSEC, (20040000), pages 1793 - 1796, XP031007676
OTHER- HECKELMANN et al., "Investigations on AIGaAs Solar Cells Grown byMOVPE", IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, (20150100), vol. 5, no. 1, pages 446 - 453, XP011568526
SEARCH- CAMPESATO R., GORI G., CASALE M., GABETTA G., "High Efficiency Four Junction Lattice Matched Solar Cells for Space Applications: Analysis of Radiation Hardness against 1 MeV Electrons", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 29TH EUROPEAN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, (20141103), ISBN 978-3-936338-34-8, XP040677850 [X] 1,4-6 * the whole document * [Y] 7 [I] 2,3,8-11
SEARCH- CAMPESATO R., GORI G., GRECO E., SCACCABAROZZI A., BINETTI S., LE DONNE A., "High efficiency AlInGaP and AlInGaAs solar cells for 32% fours junction devices", PROCEEDINGS / EU PVSEC 2013, 28TH EUROPEAN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, PARC DES EXPOSITIONS PARIS NORD VILLEPINTE, PARIS, FRANCE, CONFERENCE 30 SEPTEMBER - 04 OCTOBER 2013, (20131001), ISBN 978-3-936338-33-1, XP040634861 [X] 1 * the whole document * [I] 2,3,8-10
SEARCH- KING R., BHUSARI D., BOCA A., LARRABEE D., LIU X.-Q, "Band gap-voltage offset and energy production in next-generation multijunction solar cells", EU PVSEC PROCEEDINGS : 25TH EUROPEAN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION / 5TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION, (20100906), ISBN 978-3-936338-26-3, XP040530705 [A] 2,3,10 * page 35; figure 2 *

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