EOS AM-1 GaAs/Ge flexible blanket solar array

Author

Herriage, Michael J. ; Kurland, Richard M. ; Faust, Carl D. ; Gaddy, Edward M. ; Keys, Denney J.

Author_Institution

Spacecraft Technol. Div., TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

11-16 Aug 1996

Firstpage

56

Abstract

The Earth Observing System (EOS) AM-1 solar array will be the first operational flexible blanket array to use gallium arsenide on germanium (GaAs/Ge) solar cells. It will be one of the first arrays of any kind to use thin GaAs/Ge solar cells and to produce power at high voltage. The array thereby represents a significant advance in spacecraft array technology. This paper describes the progress made and the problems encountered since Kimber et al. (1993) reported on the tradeoffs that led to the array´s configuration

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; gallium arsenide; germanium; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device packaging; solar cell arrays; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; EOS AM-1 spacecraft; Earth Observing System; GaAs-Ge; array configuration; flexible blanket solar array; space power systems; spacecraft array technology; thin GaAs/Ge solar cells; Aerospace electronics; Assembly; Earth Observing System; Gallium arsenide; Hardware; Instruments; Phased arrays; Photovoltaic cells; Space technology; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1089-3547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3547-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1996.552845

Filename

552845