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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Joseph Ponec, Salem, OR (US);
Darren Hau, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02H 7/20 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 (2013.01); H02H 7/20 (2013.01); H02H 9/045 (2013.01); H02J 3/383 (2013.01); Y02E 10/563 (2013.01); Y10T 307/685 (2015.04);
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) module can include a plurality of solar cells and circuitry configured to switch between a first state in which output voltage from the PV module includes voltage from the plurality of solar cells and a second state in which the output voltage includes voltage from fewer that all the plurality of solar cells.