Verifying status of a termination end cap of a microinverter chain

Chapman, Patrick L.; Rothblum, Philip

Title: Verifying status of a termination end cap of a microinverter chain

Patent · Tue Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019

OSTI ID:1600177

Chapman, Patrick L.; Rothblum, Philip

A photovoltaic (PV) system includes a system control module that determines the presence of a microinverter chain termination end cap. The end cap includes an embedded circuit. The embedded circuit includes components having resistive, reactive, or impedance values. A signal source provides a signal through the microinverter chain. A parameter for a sensed signal detected by the system control module is used to determine the presence of the end cap using a change between the parameter for the sense signal and a reference parameter.

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Research Organization:: SunPower Corp., San Jose, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: EE0006035

Assignee:: SunPower Corporation (San Jose, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 10,447,043

Application Number:: 15/163,359

OSTI ID:: 1600177

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 05/24/2016

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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