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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2010
Said Farouk Said El-barbari, Freising, DE;
Oliver Gerhard Mayer, Munich, DE;
Robert Roesner, Unterfoehring, DE;
Christof Martin Sihler, Hallbergmoos, DE;
Simon Herbert Schramm, Munich, DE;
Said Farouk Said El-Barbari, Freising, DE;
Oliver Gerhard Mayer, Munich, DE;
Robert Roesner, Unterfoehring, DE;
Christof Martin Sihler, Hallbergmoos, DE;
Simon Herbert Schramm, Munich, DE;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A power generation system includes integrated photovoltaic (PV) panels. Each of the integrated PV panel includes photovoltaic cells, a junction coupler coupling the photovoltaic cells in series, in parallel, or in combinations thereof, output terminals, and a DC to AC converter coupled between the junction coupler and the output terminals. The DC to AC converter includes switching devices and the integrated PV panels are coupled in series at the respective output terminals. A controller is provided in the power generation system for generation switching command signals for the switching devices of the integrated PV panels to synthesize an output voltage of the power generation system.