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US 6,433,522 B1Granted
Fault tolerant maximum power tracking solar power system
AssigneeThe Aerospace Corporation
InventorKasemsan Siri
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AssigneeThe Aerospace Corporation
InventorKasemsan Siri
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A maximum power tracker maximizes the power deliverable from a power source, such as a solar array using increasing, decreasing and maintaining states controlled by a set point signal modulated by a dither signal for stabilized regular power tracking during under demand conditions and maximum power tracking during periods with over demand conditions of a load. For multiple power sources, respective multiple sets of parallel-connected converters and respectively maximum power trackers can be coupled in parallel using shared bus and control signals for fault tolerant equalized power conversion among the parallel-connected converters. Among multiple solar array sources that can have quite different characteristics, some maximum power trackers may actively regulate maximum power flows from respective array sources that have deficient power while the remaining maximum power trackers are inactive because respective remaining solar array sources provide sufficient power to allow respective DC-DC converters to regulate the load voltage to a regulated level.
A system for providing power from at least one source providing source power at a source current at a source voltage to a load receiving load power at a load current at a load voltage, the load having variable amounts of load demand for the load power, the source providing variable amounts of the source power, the system comprising,
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