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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Brian Hinman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hossein Kazemi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wayne Miller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Hinman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hossein Kazemi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wayne Miller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Gas and Electric Company, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various methods and apparatus are described for a photovoltaic system. In an embodiment, pluralities of three-phase Alternating Current (AC) inverter circuits electrically connect into a common three phase AC output. Each of those inverters receives a bipolar DC voltage supplied from its own set of Concentrated PhotoVoltaic (CPV) modules.