Photovoltaic system

Nielson, Gregory N.; Okandan, Murat; Lentine, Anthony L.; Sweatt, William C.; Clem, Paul Gilbert; Hearne, Sean J.; Davids, Paul; Huber, Dale L.; Nelson, Jeffrey S.; Apblett, Christopher Alan

Title: Photovoltaic system

Patent · Tue May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI ID:1532096

Nielson, Gregory N.; Okandan, Murat; Lentine, Anthony L.; Sweatt, William C.; Clem, Paul Gilbert; Hearne, Sean J.; Davids, Paul; Huber, Dale L.; Nelson, Jeffrey S.; Apblett, Christopher Alan

A photovoltaic system described herein includes a first group of photovoltaic modules that comprises a first plurality of microsystem enabled photovoltaic modules. A second group of photovoltaic modules comprises a second plurality of microsystem enabled photovoltaic modules, wherein the first group of photovoltaic modules are electrically connected in parallel to the second group of photovoltaic modules.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)

Patent Number(s):: 8,736,108

Application Number:: 13/164,483

OSTI ID:: 1532096

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011-06-20

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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