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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Veasna Sok, Long Beach, CA (US);
Stephen George Pisklak, Hockessin, DE (US);
Sunit Oliver, Newark, DE (US);
Veasna Sok, Long Beach, CA (US);
Stephen George Pisklak, Hockessin, DE (US);
Sunit Oliver, Newark, DE (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A power generator configuration having a distributed inverter. A system is described that includes a plurality of solar modules coupled together in series to form a string; a plurality of combiner boxes, wherein each combiner box couples together a plurality of strings in parallel; and a plurality of DC-DC converters, wherein each DC-DC converter increases a direct current (DC) voltage output of an associated combiner box. Also provided are distributed maximum power point tracker (MPPT) controls that adjust for changing conditions at individual sets of strings.