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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Applicant:
Dan Kikinis, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dan Kikinis, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
TIGO ENERGY, INC., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/67 (2006.01); H02J 4/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/67 (2013.01); H01L 31/02021 (2013.01); H02J 1/00 (2013.01); H02J 4/00 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system include a plurality of solar cells and a plurality of voltage controllers. Each of the plurality of solar cells is directly coupled to a dedicated one of the plurality of voltage controllers to form unique pairs of solar cells and voltage controllers. Each of a plurality of panels contain a plurality of unique pairs.