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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2017
Applicant:

Southwire Company, Llc, Carrollton, GA (US);

Inventors:

Charles Hume, Parrish, FL (US);

Brad Freeman, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Dave Sykes, Pinellas Park, FL (US);

Aldo Della Sera, Saint Petersburg, FL (US);

Assignee:

Southwire Company, LLC, Carrollton, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/155 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 7/44 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/155 (2013.01); H02J 1/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/383 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 7/44 (2013.01); Y02P 80/23 (2015.11);
Abstract

A photovoltaic power system for supplying power to an electric grid is provided, in which a plurality of photovoltaic panels are each configured for generating a DC power signal. A plurality of DC-DC power converters connected to the photovoltaic panels are provided for converting the DC power signal into a deadband DC signal having a rectified sine waveform with reoccurring deadband periods, which reduces the risk of arcing during power transmission. An electric network interface is used to convert the deadband DC signal received from the plurality of DC-DC power converters into an AC power signal.


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