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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Inventors:
Martin Fornage, Petaluma, CA (US);
Mauricio Cespedes Moya, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/3842 (2019.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); H02M 7/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/007184 (2020.01); G01R 31/3842 (2019.01); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); H02J 7/0014 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 7/00712 (2020.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); H02J 7/00304 (2020.01); H02J 7/00309 (2020.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01); H02M 7/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for AC battery operation. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining, at a battery management unit (BMU) coupled to an AC battery comprising a power converter and a battery that is rechargeable, a bias control voltage that indicates a state of a charge process of the AC battery; and coupling, by a bias control module of the BMU, the bias control voltage to the power converting for communicating the state of the charge process to and from the BMU and the power converter.