Novel Solar Power Circuits
AssigneeAmpt, LLC
InventorsAnatoli Ledenev, Robert M. Porter
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Abstract
Particular embodiments of the inventive technology disclosed herein seek to reduce or eliminate the risk of damage to components of photovoltaic power circuits such as solar arrays. Aspects of the inventive technology, in embodiments, utilize diode to prevent reverse current flow in the event of application of a voltage to a power supply string which would otherwise effect such flow. Prevention of such reverse current flow may preclude voltages that would otherwise damage reverse current sensitive devices such as switches that may form part of a voltage limiting DC to DC converter.
Claims21
1-157. (canceled)
A solar power circuit comprising:
- a first string power supply establishing a forward current direction, said first string power supply comprising a first voltage limiter established to limit voltage from said first string power supply;
- a first string extrinsic power supply that is extrinsic to said first string power supply, said first string extrinsic power supply comprising a second voltage limiter established to limit voltage from said first string extrinsic power supply;
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- a reverse current inhibitor established to inhibit reverse current through said first string power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.