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	CPC	COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION

H02S

GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; solar heat collectors F24J 2/00)

WARNING

Subclass H02S corresponds to IPC2014.01. Concordance CPC : IPC for the groups is as follows: - H02S 10/00 : H01L 31/04 - H02S 20/00 : H01L 31/042 - H02S 30/00 : H01L 31/042 - H02S 40/00 : H01L 31/042 - H02S 50/00 : G01R 31/40 - H02S 99/00 : H02N 6/00 ]

H02S 10/00

PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power

H02S 20/00

Supporting structures for PV modules

H02S 30/00

Structural details of PV modules not involving light conversion (semiconductor device aspects of inorganic PV modules H01L 31/00, of organic PV modules H01L 51/00, of modules of electrolytic light sensitive devices H01G 9/20)

H02S 40/00

Components or accessories specially adapted for PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S 10/00-H02S 30/00

H02S 50/00

Monitoring or testing of PV systems, e.g. load balancing or fault identification

H02S 99/00

Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass