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Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Udo Uebel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gaurang Kavaiya, Concord, CA (US);

Kevin Fischer, Orinda, CA (US);

Assignee:

SUNPOWER CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 50/00 (2014.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01); G01R 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 50/00 (2013.01); G01K 13/00 (2013.01); G01R 21/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed for thermal management of a system of one or more electric components. In some examples, the system includes a housing, one or more electric components, one or more temperature sensors on or in the housing, and a thermal management circuit coupled to the electric components and the temperature sensors. The thermal management circuit is configured to monitor the temperature sensors and, based on monitoring the temperature sensors, cause at least a first electric component to curtail power consumption, thereby reducing heat generating by the first electric component.


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