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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Keith Johnston, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Ford, Albany, CA (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); G05F 1/67 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02M 7/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/67 (2013.01); H02J 1/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/385 (2013.01); H02M 7/42 (2013.01); Y02E 10/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) system can include one or more trackers that each includes a plurality of rows of PV collection devices. The rows of PV collection devices can be electrically independent from one another.