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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raghuveer R. Belur, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Ho Gene Choi, Petaluma, CA (US);
Mark Baldassari, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/26 (2006.01); H02M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/26 (2013.01); Y02E 40/50 (2013.01); Y10T 307/549 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for power imbalance correction comprising: a plurality of converters for converting a plurality of DC inputs to a multi-phase AC output, and coupling the multi-phase AC output to a multi-phase AC line, and a controller coupled to the plurality of converters. The controller determining whether phases of the multi-phase AC output are balanced, and controlling when all phases of the multi-phase AC output are not balanced, at least one converter of the plurality of converters to balance the multi-phase AC output.