US 12,255,449 B2
System and method for interconnected elements of a power system
Yoav Galin, Raanana (IL); Ilan Yoscovich, Givatayim (IL); Guy Sella, Bitan Aharon (IL); Yakir Loewenstern, Ariel (IL); and Tzachi Glovinsky, Petah Tikva (IL)
Assigned to Solaredge Technologies Ltd., Herzeliya (IL)
Filed by Solaredge Technologies Ltd., Herzeliya (IL)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/519,623.
Application 18/519,623 is a continuation of application No. 17/153,945, filed on Jan. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,876,369.
Application 17/153,945 is a continuation of application No. 15/980,837, filed on May 16, 2018, granted, now 10,931,104, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/512,218, filed on May 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0097439 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02J 1/10 (2006.01); G05F 1/67 (2006.01); H02J 3/06 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 3/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02M 5/02 (2006.01); H02M 7/42 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 1/102 (2013.01) [H02J 3/06 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 3/466 (2020.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H02M 5/02 (2013.01); H02M 7/42 (2013.01); G05F 1/67 (2013.01); H02J 3/38 (2013.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02J 2300/26 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first string portion comprising a first group of power sources that are directly connected to each other in series;
a second string portion connected in series to the first string portion, the second string portion comprising:
a plurality of devices that are serially connected, and
a second group of power sources,
wherein each device of the plurality of devices is coupled to:
a respective power source of the second group of power sources, and
a respective adjacent device of the plurality of devices, and
wherein each device of the plurality of devices comprises:
a switch;
a communication circuit configured to receive one or more signals; and
a controller configured to operate the device in one of a first mode or in a second mode, based on the one or more signals received via the communication circuit, wherein the controller is further configured to:
in the first mode, disconnect the respective power source of the second group of power sources from the first group of power sources by controlling the switch to be in a first state, and
in the second mode, connect the respective power source of the second group of power sources to the first group of power sources by controlling the switch to be in a second state.