Patents Assigned to Solarex Corporation
  • Panel for solar energy cells
    Patent number: 4056405
    Abstract: A panel for mounting solar energy cells, and particularly those cells upon which light is to be concentrated, includes an enclosure for holding the cells and has at least one wall formed from a good conductor of heat. The cells are mounted within the enclosure on a resinous cushion that is a relatively good conductor of heat and a poor conductor of electricity, so that when heat is generated by impingement of light on the cells, it will be carried by the cushion to the enclosure wall and dissipated therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Assignee: Solarex Corporation
    Inventor: Peter F. Varadi
  • Method of impregnating a semiconductor with a diffusant and article so formed
    Patent number: 4028151
    Abstract: Crystalline silicon wafers have an electrical junction formed at a surface thereof by impregnating the surface with a diffusant, such as phosphorus, in an atmosphere that includes significant quantities of helium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Solarex Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Lindmayer
  • Silicon solar energy cell having improved back contact and method forming same
    Patent number: 3990097
    Abstract: A silicon solar energy cell having a diffusant junction extending inwardly from one surface, an aluminum-silicon junction of the opposite polarity extending inwardly from the other surface, and a film of aluminum-oxygen-diffusant formed over the aluminum-silicon junction. The structure is formed by diffusing an unprotected wafer, coating the diffusant glass so formed on one side of the wafer with aluminum, and heating the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Assignee: Solarex Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Lindmayer