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US 11,073,543 B2Granted
Monitoring of distributed power harvesting systems using DC power sources
AssigneeSolaredge Technologies Ltd.
InventorsMeir Adest, Lior Handelsman, Yoav Galin, Amir Fishelov, Guy Sella
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Abstract
A power converter circuit includes a monitoring module that monitors a DC power source, the monitoring module comprising a microcontroller. The power converter circuit also includes a temperature sensor providing temperature data to the microcontroller. In response to an indication from the temperature data of a failure or a problem, the microcontroller changes a parameter of the power converter circuit.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- a power converter circuit comprising a monitoring module which is configured to monitor a direct current (DC) power source, the monitoring module comprising a microcontroller;
- and
- a temperature sensor configured to provide temperature data to the microcontroller,
- wherein the monitoring module is configured to:
- receive, from a remote computing device, a data request, and
- send, in response to the data request and to the remote computing device, the temperature data and a unique identifier of the monitoring module, and
- wherein the monitoring module is further configured to, in response to determining that a rapid corrective action is required, send an interrupt message to the remote computing device, the interrupt message being configured to override messages from other power converter circuits.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring a DC power source by a monitoring module of a power converter circuit;
- receiving, by a microcontroller in the monitoring module, temperature data from a temperature sensor;
- receiving, by the microcontroller from a remote computing device, a data request;
- sending, in response to the data request and to the remote computing device, the temperature data and a unique identifier of the monitoring module;
- and
- in response to determining that a rapid corrective action is required, sending an interrupt message to the remote computing device, wherein the interrupt message is configured to override messages from other power converter circuits.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.