Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuits and methods for controlling current in a parallel-connected array
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Application No.: US16119665Application Date: 2018-08-31
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Publication No.: US10972046B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Jonathan L. Ehlmann , Lee J. Gorny , Thierry H. Nguyen , David C. Okawa
- Applicant: SUNPOWER CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: SUNPOWER CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SUNPOWER CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Grasso PLLC
- Main IPC: H02S20/25
- IPC: H02S20/25 ; H02S40/36 ; H02J3/38 ; H02S40/34 ; H02S20/23 ; H02S40/32

Abstract:
A solar device system includes one or more solar devices shingled into an array of solar devices. Each solar device includes one or more current generation cells configured to generate electric current, a plurality of current buses, and a control circuit configured to distribute the generated electric current to the plurality of current buses, and route the generated electric current to an adjacent solar device. Additionally, the solar device system includes an array collector electrically connected to the one or more solar devices, the array collector being configured to collect the generated electrical current from the one or more solar devices and direct the generated electrical current to an inverter or a power grid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190074795A1 CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING CURRENT IN A PARALLEL-CONNECTED ARRAY Public/Granted day:2019-03-07
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