Photovoltaic panel circuitry

US9876466B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Solaredge Technologies Ltd. · IL

Inventors

• Liron Har-Shai · Haifa, IL
• Alon Zohar · Netanya, IL
• Ilan Yoscovitch · Ramat Gan, IL
• Yoav Galin · Raanana, IL
• Lior Handelsman · Givatayim, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Circuits integrated or integrable with a photovoltaic panel to provide built-in functionality to the photovoltaic panel including safety features such as arc detection and elimination, ground fault detection and elimination, reverse current protection, monitoring of the performance of the photovoltaic panel, transmission of the monitored parameters and theft prevention of the photovoltaic panel. The circuits may avoid power conversion, for instance DC/DC power conversion, may avoid performing maximum power tracking to include a minimum number of components and thereby increase overall reliability.