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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Alexander Johnson, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew Joseph Ponec, Salem, OR (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H02S 50/00 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/34 (2014.12); H02S 40/32 (2014.12); H02S 50/00 (2013.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.12); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) system can include a plurality of PV modules and circuitry configured to receive an indication of a status of the PV system and to, in response to the indication, determine whether to switch between a first state in which the PV modules output DC power and a second state in which the PV modules do not output power.