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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2016
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Seth M. Kahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anthony J. Stratakos, Kentfield, CA (US);
Ilija Jergovic, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vincent W. Ng, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ryan James Ricchiuti, Oakland, CA (US);
Artin Der Minassians, Oakland, CA (US);
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a switching circuit including an input port electrically coupled to a photovoltaic device and an output port electrically coupled to a load includes (1) entering a voltage limiting operating mode and (2) in the voltage limiting operating mode (i) causing a control switching device of the switching circuit to repeatedly switch between its conductive and non-conductive states in a manner which limits magnitude of an output voltage to a maximum voltage value, the output voltage being a voltage across the output port, and (ii) varying the maximum voltage value as a function of magnitude of an output current, the output current being a current flowing through the output port.