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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Volterra Semiconductor Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony J. Stratakos, Kentfield, CA (US);
Michael D. McJimsey, Danville, CA (US);
Ilija Jergovic, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kaiwei Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Xin Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Vincent W. Ng, Milpitas, CA (US);
Volterra Semiconductor, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for testing a photovoltaic device electrically coupled to an input port of a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller, where the MPPT controller includes a switching circuit adapted to transfer power between the input port and an output port of the MPPT controller, includes the steps of: (a) driving a test current into the output port of the MPPT controller; (b) detecting presence of the test current; and (c) in response to detecting presence of the test current, causing the switching circuit to provide a path for the test current from the output port to the photovoltaic device.