ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,690, issued on July 14, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).
"System and method for solar cell photo-luminescence modulation" was invented by Walter Daniel Leon-Salas (West Lafayette, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a solar cell and a modulator connected to an output of the solar cell. The system may receive a signal. When the signal being in a first state corresponding to modulation, the modulator may modulate voltage output of the solar cell and cause the solar cell to perform optical transmission. When the signal is in a second state corresponding to energy harvesting, the mod...