Owner SunPower Corporation

Inventors Botkin, Jonathan; Danning, Matt; Culligan, Matthew; Graves, Simon

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-A-2009261939

PCT Pub. Number WO2009/158712

Priority 61/076,479 27.06.08 US; 12/492,680 26.06.09 US

Filing date 29 June 2009

Wipo publication date 30 December 2009

H01L 31/048 (2006.01) Semiconductor devices sensitive to infra-red radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength, or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation - encapsulated or with housing

E04D 13/18 (2006.01) Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings - Roof covering aspects of energy collecting devices, e.g. including solar panels

H01L 31/042 (2006.01) Semiconductor devices sensitive to infra-red radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength, or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation - including a panel or array of photoelectric cells, e.g. solar cells