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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
D.light Design, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Hudson, Portland, OR (US);
Ned Tozun, San Jose, CA (US);
d.light design, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A controller for controlling operation of a solar power system is disclosed. The controller receives electrical power from an energy capture device and outputs electrical power to one or more external loads. The controller initiates a first maximum power point tracking algorithm during an epoch. The controller then determines whether the first maximum power point tracking algorithm is satisfactory. If it is, the controller continues using the first maximum power point tracking algorithm. If it is not, the controller switches to second maximum power point tracking algorithm. The first and second maximum power point tracking algorithms may be optimized for different environmental conditions, such as different amounts of sunlight incident on a solar panel.