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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Yoshifumi Yaoi, Osaka, JP;
Kohtaroh Kataoka, Osaka, JP;
Masatomi Harada, Osaka, JP;
Kohichiroh Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiji Ohta, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Iwata, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A photovoltaic apparatus according to the present invention includes a photovoltaic module and a tracking control device. The photovoltaic module includes a plurality of series portions coupled in parallel. The series portion includes a plurality of photovoltaic elements coupled in series. The photovoltaic elements coupled in a same straight row of the plurality of series portions are coupled parallel to one another. The tracking control device is configured to perform a maximum power point tracking control on an output of the photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module includes a temperature sensor that detects a real panel temperature that is a panel temperature when the photovoltaic module is operating.