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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Robert Batten, Tualatin, OR (US);
Ravindranath Naiknaware, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Robert Batten, Tualatin, OR (US);
Ravindranath Naiknaware, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/10 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/102 (2013.01); H02J 3/38 (2013.01); Y10T 307/707 (2015.04);
Abstract
A photovoltaic system may include a first photovoltaic component having local power optimization functionality to process power at a first level, a second photovoltaic component to process power at a second level, and optimization logic to command the first photovoltaic component to accommodate system-level power optimization. The first component may be reconfigurable to accommodate the system-level optimization. The entire system may be dynamically reconfigured to continuously operate at the highest overall level of system efficiency.