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Patent No.:

US 9697961 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Solantro Semiconductor Corp., Ottawa, CA;

Inventors:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H02S 50/00 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 (2013.01); H01L 31/02021 (2013.01); H02S 50/00 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01); Y10T 307/696 (2015.04); Y10T 307/766 (2015.04); Y10T 307/858 (2015.04);
Abstract

A PhotoVoltaic (PV) panel bypass switching arrangement includes first and second switches. The first switch is to be coupled between a power system and a first end of a circuit path of the PV panel in which PV cells are connected, and is controllable to connect the first end of the circuit path to a power system and to disconnect the first end of the circuit path from the power system. The second switch is to be coupled between (i) a point between the first switch and the power system and (ii) a point between a second end of the circuit path and the power system, and is controllable to open and close a bypass circuit path that bypasses the circuit path. The first and second switches are controlled based on a determination as to whether the circuit path of the PV panel is to be bypassed.


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