US 11,916,157 B2
Hybrid-energy apparatus, system, and method therefor
Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Calgary (CA); and Sam Scherwitz, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to 10644137 CANADA INC., Calgary (CA)
Appl. No. 17/602,564
Filed by 10644137 CANADA INC., Calgary (CA)
PCT Filed Apr. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/050482
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/206554, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/831,828, filed on Apr. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0149218 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 31/0468 (2014.01); H01L 31/053 (2014.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); H01G 11/08 (2013.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01)
CPC H01L 31/0468 (2014.12) [H01G 11/08 (2013.01); H01L 31/022483 (2013.01); H01L 31/053 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12); H02S 40/32 (2014.12)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated multi-layer energy apparatus comprising:
a transparent or semi-transparent substrate;
a solar-cell layer coupled to the substrate, the solar-cell layer comprising a plurality of solar cells for receiving light through the substrate and converting energy of the received light to a first electrical energy;
an energy-storage layer coupled to the solar-cell layer, the energy-storage layer comprising one or more energy-storage units for storing a second electrical energy; and
a converter layer comprising, in a single layer, a solar-input converter electrically connected to the solar-cell layer, a battery-input converter electrically connected to the energy-storage layer, and an output converter configured to receive the first electrical energy and the second electrical energy and convert the first electrical energy and the second electrical energy into a third electrical energy;
wherein the solar-input converter, the battery-input converter, and the output converter are coupled to a ferrite core comprising a first ferrite loop, a second ferrite loop, and a third ferrite loop, each of the first and second ferrite loops sharing a portion of the third ferrite loop; and
wherein the solar-input converter comprises coils winding around the first ferrite loop, the battery-input converter comprises coils winding around the second ferrite loop, and the output converter comprises coils winding around the third ferrite loop.