IP Library Granted Patent US 12676575
Granted Patent B2
US 12676575 · App. 18/711,630 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Photovoltaic solar assembly and switching method therefor

Inventors: Dongming Zhou (Jiaxing, CN); Yuhao Luo (Jiaxing, CN)
Assignee: ALTENERGY POWER SYSTEM INC.
H02S40/34
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Patent No.
US 12676575
App. No.
18/711,630
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photovoltaic solar assembly and a switching method therefor. The photovoltaic solar assembly includes an execution junction box, a single master control junction box, and a plurality of solar cell strings that are connected in series; the execution junction box includes a corresponding bypass diode; the master control junction box includes a corresponding bypass diode and a control assembly, and the control assembly is merely arranged in the master control junction box; the solar cell strings are connected in series with each other by means of the corresponding bypass diode of the execution junction box or the corresponding bypass diode of the master control junction box; and the control assembly is used for controlling connection and disconnection between the solar cell strings and a main power circuit.

Claims (39)

1 . A photovoltaic module, comprising:

an execution junction box;

one master junction box; and

a plurality of solar cell strings that are connected in series, wherein

the execution junction box comprises a bypass diode, the master junction box comprises a bypass diode and a control module, and the control module is arranged only in the master junction box;

one of the plurality of solar cell strings is connected to another in series through the bypass diode in the execution junction box or the bypass diode in the master junction box; and

the control module is configured to control the plurality of solar cell strings to be connected to or disconnected from a main power circuit,

the master junction box further comprises a main switching device for directly controlling the entire photovoltaic module to be connected to or disconnected from the main power circuit; and

the photovoltaic module is connected in series with the main power circuit through the main switching device.

2 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein

the master junction box comprises a sub switching device, and the execution junction box comprises a sub switching device; and

the control module is signally connected to the sub switching devices, and is configured to switch on or off the sub switching devices to control the solar cell string corresponding to the sub switching device to be connected to or disconnected from the main power circuit.

3 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , wherein two power terminals of the control module are connected to a head end and a tail end of the photovoltaic module, respectively.

4 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 3 , wherein

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises a main switching device, the main switching device is implemented by an MOS transistor; and

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises the sub switching devices, each of the sub switching devices is implemented by an MOS transistor.

5 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , wherein two power terminals of the control module are connected to two terminals of one of plurality of solar cell strings, respectively.

6 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 5 , wherein

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises a main switching device, the main switching device is implemented by an MOS transistor; and

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises the sub switching devices, each of the sub switching devices is implemented by an MOS transistor.

7 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises a main switching device, the main switching device is implemented by a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor; and

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises the sub switching devices, each of the sub switching devices is implemented by an MOS transistor.

8 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein two power terminals of the control module are connected to a positive terminal of one of the plurality of solar cell strings and a negative terminal of one of the plurality of solar cell strings in the photovoltaic module, respectively.

9 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 8 , wherein

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises the main switching device, the main switching device is implemented by an MOS transistor; and

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises sub switching devices, each of the sub switching devices is implemented by an MOS transistor.

10 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein the control module comprises a sampling circuit, wherein

the sampling circuit is configured to sample electrical signal data at a preset position of the main power circuit or the photovoltaic module.

11 . A method for switching a photovoltaic module, applied to the photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , comprising:

receiving a start instruction or a shutdown instruction; and

switching on or off the solar cell strings in the photovoltaic module one by one in response to the start instruction or the shutdown instruction,

wherein, the solar cell strings are switched on or off one by one according to a preset order, and a next solar cell string is switched on or off on receipt of feedback information indicating that a previous solar cell string is completely switched on or completely switched off.

12 . The method for switching on or off a photovoltaic module according to claim 11 , wherein the switching on or off the solar cell strings in the photovoltaic module one by one in response to the start instruction or the shutdown instruction comprises:

switching on the solar cell strings in the photovoltaic module one by one in response to the start instruction; or

switching off the solar cell strings in the photovoltaic module one by one when the start instruction is not received throughout a first preset time period.

13 . The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises the main switching device, the main switching device is implemented by an MOS transistor; and

in a case that the photovoltaic module comprises sub switching devices, each of the sub switching devices is implemented by an MOS transistor.