History of contribution of photovoltaic cells to telecommunications

Author

Hirokane, Junji ; Saga, Tatsuo ; Muramatsu, Tetsuroh ; Shirakawa, Isao

Author_Institution

Solar Syst. Dev. Group, Sharp Corp., Katsuragi, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

3-5 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Since 1959 Sharp Corporation has been devoted to commercializing photovoltaic-cells (PV-cells) for public, industrial, and residential applications. The cumulative production volume reached to 2GW in 2007 for the first time in the world, and the annual production capacity grew to 710MW in 2009. The present article outlines Sharp´s history of commercializing PV-cells, focusing on their applications to terrestrial and space telecommunications, on the occasion of having received the IEEE Milestone for commercialization and industrialization of PV-cells in April 2010.

Keywords

electronic equipment manufacture; globalisation; history; photovoltaic cells; space communication links; telecommunication industry; IEEE Milestone; PV-cells; Sharp Corporation; annual production capacity; commercialization; cumulative production volume; history; industrialization; photovoltaic cells; space telecommunications; terrestrial telecommunications; Commercialization; Compounds; Relays; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Telecommunications; Wireless communication; Commercialization; PV-cells; industrialization; terrestrial/space telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Conference (HISTELCON), 2010 Second IEEE Region 8 Conference on the History of

Conference_Location

Madrid

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7450-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7451-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735313

Filename

5735313