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US 2021/0376175 A1Published application
Systems, circuits and methods for an interconnect fabric with programmable circuit routes for configuring solar cell strings
AssigneeSaful Consulting
InventorNagendra Srinivas Cherukupalli
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Abstract
A solar power system may comprise a back sheet that comprises an interconnect circuit coupling a plurality of cell tiles. A tiled solar cell, comprising a solar cell and encapsulating and glass layers, is inserted into the cell tiles of the back sheet. Each solar cell is individually addressable through the use of the interconnect circuit. Moreover, the interconnect circuit of the back sheet is programmable and allows for dynamic interconnect routing between solar cells.
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A switch fabric in a solar power system architecture comprising:
- a plurality of electrical contacts for electrically coupling a plurality of solar cells;
- at least two solar cell strings, and wherein a solar cell string comprises a conductor for electrically coupling a plurality of solar cells in series;
- a plurality of switches for individually addressing the plurality of solar cells;
- a programmable interconnect fabric comprising programmable circuit routes for selectively interconnecting an electrical contact of a selected one solar cell to one solar cell string;
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- a control system to control the programmable circuit routes;
- wherein the plurality of switches comprise active devices constructed on the solar cells, and wherein the programmable interconnect fabric is configured to extract data from a plurality of sensors constructed on the solar cells.
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