IP Library Granted Patent US 12,389,713
Granted Patent B1
US 12,389,713 · App. 18/244,975 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Solar panel

Inventor: Tilahun Anshu (Lowell, MA)
H10F77/484H02S40/22H10F10/16H10F19/20
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Patent No.
US 12,389,713
App. No.
18/244,975
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

The improved solar panel includes a photovoltaic collection system, a lens structure and a calliport structure. The calliport structure is a photon manifold. The calliport structure is formed in the silicon crystalline structure of the NP junction of each individual photovoltaic cell contained within the photovoltaic collection structure. The calliport structure captures a proportion of the photons that are redirected by the lens structure. The calliport structure discharges the redirected photons into the N crystalline layer and the P crystalline layer through refraction and ejection processes. The calliport structure directly injects photons into the depletion zone of the P crystalline layer such that the net electric current production of the individual photovoltaic cell is increased relative to a standard photoelectric cell.

Claims (51)

1. An improved solar panel comprising

a photovoltaic collection system, a lens structure and a calliport structure;

wherein the photovoltaic collection system, the lens structure and the calliport structure forms a light distribution structure;

wherein a plurality of photovoltaic cells comprises a collection of individual photovoltaic cells;

wherein each individual photovoltaic cell selected from the plurality of photovoltaic cells is a photoelectric device;

wherein each individual photovoltaic cell selected from the plurality of photovoltaic cells further comprises an NP junction;

wherein the calliport structure is formed in a silicon crystalline structure of an NP junction in each individual photovoltaic cell contained within the photovoltaic collection structure;

wherein the NP junction further comprises an N crystalline layer, a P crystalline layer, and a depletion zone;

wherein the calliport structure comprises a plurality of fiber optic cable structures;

wherein the plurality of fiber optic cable structures comprises a collection of individual fiber optic cable structures;

wherein each individual fiber optic cable structure selected from the plurality of fiber optic cable structures comprises a photon intake structure, a photon flow path, and a terminal discharge point;

wherein the photon intake structure is an interface structure;

wherein the photon intake structure forms an interface with one or more individual pyramid lens selected from a plurality of pyramid lenses of the lens structure;

wherein the photon intake structure receives a plurality of redirected photons from the lens structure;

wherein the photon intake structure transports the received redirected photons to the photon flow path;

wherein the photon flow path is the fiber optic cable that transports the redirected photons through the NP junction;

wherein the crystalline structure of the NP junction is grown around each photon flow path;

wherein the photon flow path transports a portion of the redirected photons to the terminal discharge point;

wherein the balance of the redirected photons escapes from the photon flow path through the refraction mechanism;

wherein the terminal discharge point forms a termination point of the photon flow path;

wherein the terminal discharge point is the termination of the photon flow path that is distal from the lens structure;

wherein the terminal discharge point ejects the transported redirected photons into the NP junction.

2. The improved solar panel according to claim 1 wherein the calliport structure is a photon manifold.

3. The improved solar panel according to claim 2

wherein the photovoltaic collection system is a photoelectric structure;

wherein the photovoltaic collection system receives light that is captured and concentrated by the lens structure;

wherein the photovoltaic collection system converts the received light into electric energy.

4. The improved solar panel according to claim 3

wherein the photovoltaic collection system comprise a plurality of photovoltaic cells.

5. The improved solar panel according to claim 4

wherein the lens structure is an optical device;

wherein the lens structure accumulates light from the environment;

wherein the lens structure redirects light that would otherwise not fall on an individual photovoltaic cell selected from the plurality of photovoltaic cells to an individual photovoltaic cell for conversion into electricity;

wherein the lens structure further redirects light that would otherwise not fall on an individual photovoltaic cell selected from the plurality of photovoltaic cells into the calliport structure for transport into the NP junction of a selected individual photovoltaic cell;

wherein the lens structure comprises the plurality of pyramid lenses;

wherein the plurality of pyramid lenses comprise a collection of individual pyramid lenses.

6. The improved solar panel according to claim 5

wherein the calliport structure captures a proportion of the photons that are redirected by the lens structure;

wherein the calliport structure discharges the redirected photons into the N crystalline layer and the P crystalline layer through refraction and ejection processes;

wherein the calliport structure directly injects photons into the depletion zone of the P crystalline layer.

7. The improved solar panel according to claim 6

wherein the calliport structure transports the redirected photons through the NP junction of an individual photovoltaic cell selected from the plurality of photovoltaic cells;

wherein the calliport structure ejects a portion of the transported photons into the NP junction of the individual photovoltaic cell selected from the plurality of photovoltaic cells.

8. The improved solar panel according to claim 7

wherein the plurality of fiber optic cable structures forms the physical structure that transports photons into the NP junction of an individual photovoltaic cell selected from the plurality of photovoltaic cells;

wherein the plurality of fiber optic cable structures forms a transport network that is distributed through each NP junction;

wherein the plurality of fiber optic cable structures is formed within the NP junction such that the crystalline structure of the NP junction is grown around the plurality of fiber optic cable structures.

9. The improved solar panel according to claim 8

wherein each individual fiber optic cable structure selected from the plurality of fiber optic cable structures is a fiber optic cable;

wherein each selected individual fiber optic cable structure forms the physical structure that transports photons into the NP junction;

wherein each selected individual fiber optic cable structure discharges a portion of the transported photons into the NP junction.

Continuity (1)
Continuation In Part 17718440 · Apr 12, 2022
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