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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Tenksolar, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dallas W. Meyer, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Lowell Berg, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
John Novotny, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Shady Gross, Bloomington, MN (US);
Forrest C. Meyer, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
TENKSOLAR, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a photovoltaic system includes multiple photovoltaic modules and a module-to-module bus. Each photovoltaic module defines a first end and a second end opposite the first end. Each photovoltaic module includes multiple photovoltaic cells and multiple converters. Energy generated by each photovoltaic cell has multiple paths through the photovoltaic cells to the second end. The converters are electrically coupled to the photovoltaic cells at the second end such that energy generated by each photovoltaic cell is receivable at any of the converters. The module-to-module bus is electrically coupled to each of the photovoltaic modules. The module-to-module bus has an output. Energy generated by each photovoltaic module is receivable at the output independent of any other of the photovoltaic modules.