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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); G05F 1/66 (2006.01); H02M 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/383 (2013.01); G05F 1/66 (2013.01); H02J 3/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02M 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules including at least a first and a second photovoltaic module having outputs connected in series by a bus. A voltage detection circuit detects a bus voltage at an output of the bus, to provide an indicator of detected bus voltage to the first photovoltaic module, and to provide the indicator of detected bus voltage to the second photovoltaic module.