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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2023
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Timothy Patrick Pauletti, Dallas, TX (US);
Suheng Chen, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A monitoring circuit for a photovoltaic module includes a measurement conditioning circuit, a microcontroller circuit, and a transmitter circuit. The measurement conditioning circuit includes a voltage sense terminal, a voltage reference terminal, and a digital measurement data output. The microcontroller circuit includes a digital measurement data input coupled with the digital measurement data output, a modulation clock input, a measurement data stream output, and a transmit select output. The transmitter circuit includes a measurement data stream input coupled with the measurement data stream output, a modulation clock output coupled with the modulation clock input, a transmit select input coupled with the transmit select output, and positive and negative output communication terminals.