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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Bjoern Magnussen, Kassel, DE;
Jens Klein, Goettingen, DE;
Tobias Gunkel, Wolfhagen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SMA Solar Technology AG, Niestetal, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/00 (2006.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01); H01L 31/042 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 50/10 (2014.12); H01L 31/042 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a spatial arrangement of photovoltaic module groups in a photovoltaic installation includes measuring a sequence of values of an illumination-dependent electrical characteristic variable of different photovoltaic module groups while the photovoltaic installation is subject to light incidence with an incidence intensity which varies over time and spatially. The relative spatial arrangement of the photovoltaic module groups with respect to one another is then determined by comparing sequences of measured values associated with different photovoltaic module groups.