Tigo Energy, Inc.

Sergey Kondrashov

Daniel Eizips

Mordechay Avrutsky

Jeffrey Dwain Sanders

Benjamin Victor Duane Henry

Methods and systems for connecting a photovoltaic module and an inverter having an input capacitor are presented. The photovoltaic system includes a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller coupled between the inverter and the photovoltaic module. The MPPT controller includes a direct current (DC) converter configured to reduce, in a forward buck mode, a voltage of the photovoltaic module, to supply power from the photovoltaic module to the input capacitor of the inverter. The photovoltaic system also includes a microcontroller unit (MCU) configured to control the DC converter to allow the photovoltaic module to operate at a maximum power point, and to increase, in a reverse boost mode, a voltage of the input capacitor of the inverter, to dissipate power from the input capacitor in the photovoltaic module, and the MPPT controller is configured to, based upon one or more triggers.

Systems and methods for quick dissipation of stored energy from input capacitors of power inverters

A transmitter having: an oscillator to generate a clock signal and synthesize frequencies for modulating a message to generate first signals to a first direct current power line, and a control circuit to adjust timing of the first signals in synchronization with second signals transmitted in a second direct current power line disposed in a vicinity of the first direct current power line, by synchronizing phase of the first and second signals or by transmitting the first and the second signals in separate time windows.

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Los Gatos, CA, United States of America

Sergey Kondrashov