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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick L. Chapman, Austin, TX (US);
Zachary Judkins, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jacob Marshall, Lafayette, CA (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/24 (2006.01); H02M 7/42 (2006.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/42 (2013.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.12); H02M 2001/0003 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-inverter system with at least a string of inverters sharing a DC bus and outputting to a shared AC bus. Inverters are hot-swappable and configured to be turned on or off during powered cycles. Central control may comprise reducing power point tracking redundancies or promoting other operational changes at individual inverters of a group.