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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Shawn Anthony Fahrenbruch, Fresno, CA (US);
Bruce Ferguson, Anaheim, CA (US);
Ekrem Cengelci, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Shawn Anthony Fahrenbruch, Fresno, CA (US);
Bruce Ferguson, Anaheim, CA (US);
Ekrem Cengelci, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Microsemi Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
A safety mechanism for a solar cell group, the safety mechanism constituted of: a signal receiver arranged to assert a permissive signal indicative of reception by the signal receiver of a predetermined signal; an electronically controlled switch arranged to provide in a closed state an effective short circuit across the output of the solar cell group responsive to the absence of the asserted permissive signal of the signal receiver; and a power harvester in communication with the solar cell group and arranged to provide electric power to the signal receiver when the electronically controlled switch is the closed state.