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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Maxout Renewables, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eric Bryant Cummings, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
MaxOut Renewables, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 7/44 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/14 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/48 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/44 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 1/14 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01); H02M 2001/325 (2013.01); H02M 2007/4822 (2013.01);
Abstract
This specification discloses a novel power converter comprising a large array of interleaved converter channels. As a system, these channels provide high reliability through redundancy. The embodiments described herein solve a reliability and cost issues in converting electrical energy to alternating current (AC) power, with particular application to string inverters for solar power applications.