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US 6,593,521 B2Granted
Power converter integrated solar cell module
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuma Kobayashi
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Abstract
This invention is a power converter integrated solar cell module having a power converter mounted on the rear surface of a solar cell module. This solar cell module has a structure by which the power converter is attached to a low-temperature portion on the solar cell module rear surface.
Claims17
A power converter integrated solar cell module comprising:
- a solar cell module;
- and
- a power converter attached to a relatively-low-temperature portion on a rear surface of said solar cell module.
A power converter integrated solar cell module comprising:
- a solar cell module;
- and
- a power converter attached to a relatively-low-temperature portion on a rear surface of said solar cell module, wherein
- said solar cell module comprises a rear-surface reinforcer, and at least one solar cell placed on said rear-surface reinforcer,
- a solar cell installation area is made smaller than the area of said rear-surface reinforcer of said solar cell module, and said power converter is attached to a portion of the solar cell module rear surface where no solar cell is present, and
- said solar cell module comprises not less than two types of solar cells different in photoelectric conversion efficiency.
3 more elements
A power converter integrated solar cell module comprising:
- a solar cell module;
- and
- a power converter attached to a relatively-low-temperature portion on a rear surface of said solar cell module, wherein the external color of said power converter has a light reflectance higher than that of the color of the solar cell module rear surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.