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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1984
Arthur F Dickerson, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A controlled switching system for converting the output of several photovoltaic solar arrays into a polyphase alternating electric current. Each array is utilized 100% of the time, and at any particular instant only one array or no array is feeding a particular phase. The specific line to which an array is connected is altered in a cyclic manner by the switching system to synthesize the polyphase current. Energy is not stored in the switching system, but instead is made available as polyphase electric current as soon as it is generated by the photovoltaic arrays. Each phase approximates a sine wave to an extent that is limited by the number of arrays. For the closest approximation, the arrays must be configured to have prescribed voltages and currents. Alternatively, a single array may be partitioned electrically in such a way that the desired voltages and currents are attained.
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