Solar Cell Sun Simulator
The IPTE flash solar simulator is designed to test photovoltaic devices up to 6” x 6” size. A Current-Voltage (I-V) measurement system for use in both in-line high volume production and off-line quality control environments is available. The IPTE flash solar simulator utilizes a heavy duty xenon flash lamp and AM1.5G calibrated solar filter to approximate the sun’s spectral distribution following IEC 60904-9 Class A standard.
The IPTE flash solar simulator fires flashes of light to measure the performance of a photovoltaic device without heating it. In each flash, an I-V data point of the photovoltaic device can be captured by connecting it to the IPTE current-voltage measurement system. A computer controller sequences the light flashes with the current-voltage measurement system to capture and store a multi-point I-V curve for the photovoltaic device.