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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2021
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Patrick L. Chapman, Austin, TX (US);
John Scott Berdner, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Mark Baldassari, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Raghuveer R. Belur, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Donald H. Scrutchfield, Austin, TX (US);
Rian van der Colff, Christchurch, NZ;
Phillip Mark Hunter, Prebbleton, NZ;
Philip Rothblum, Austin, TX (US);
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting DC power to AC power. For example, apparatus for converting DC power to AC power comprises an input adapted to be coupled to a high-powered distributed generator having a maximum voltage at a first voltage and an arc fault mitigation device, coupled to the input, for providing a second voltage at the input that is lower than the first voltage, where a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is not large enough to cause an arc.