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Granted Patent B2
US 12,218,498 · App. 17/872,391 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Direct current power combiner

Inventors: Meir Gazit (Ashkelon, IL); Tzachi Glovinsky (Petah Tikva, IL)
Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
H02J1/08H02J1/00H02J1/10H02J1/12H02J1/102H02J3/381H02J2300/24
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Patent No.
US 12,218,498
App. No.
17/872,391
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit for combining direct current (DC) power including multiple direct current (DC) voltage inputs; multiple inductive elements. The inductive elements are adapted for operatively connecting respectively to the DC voltage inputs. Multiple switches connect respectively with the inductive elements. A controller is configured to switch the switches periodically at a frequency sufficiently high so that direct currents flowing through the inductive elements are substantially zero. A direct current voltage output is connected across one of the DC voltage inputs and a common reference to both the inputs and the output.

Claims (69)

1. A method comprising:

connecting a first set of inductive elements, via a first set of switches, to a first direct-current power source having a first voltage, and connecting a second set of inductive elements, via a second set of switches, to a second direct-current power source having a second voltage;

controlling a voltage ratio of the first voltage to the second voltage to be the same as a winding ratio of the first set of inductive elements to the second set of inductive elements by applying control pulses to the first set of switches and the second set of switches; and

outputting, based on the controlling of the voltage ratio, an output voltage.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying of the control pulses operates the first set of switches at a fifty percent duty cycle.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the applying of the control pulses operates the second set of switches at a fifty percent duty cycle.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first direct-current power source and the second direct-current power source comprises at least one photovoltaic cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying of the control pulses opens and closes_the first set of switches and the second set of switches at a frequency to combine the first voltage and the second voltage while reducing direct current to flow through the first set of inductive elements or the second set of inductive elements.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising combining the first voltage with the second voltage.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising connecting a third set of inductive elements, via a third set of switches, to a third direct-current power source at a third voltage, wherein the output voltage is a combination of the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a controller:

a first set of inductive elements;

a second set of inductive elements;

a first set of switches;

a second set of switches;

a first input;

a second input; and

an output,

wherein:

the first set of inductive elements is connected via the first set of switches to the first input,

the first input is configured to connect to a first direct-current power source having a first voltage,

the second set of inductive elements is connected via the second set of switches to the second input,

the second input is configured to connect to a second direct-current power source having a second voltage,

the controller is configured to apply control pulses to the first set of switches and the second set of switches such that a voltage ratio of the first voltage to the second voltage is the same as a winding ratio of the first set of inductive elements to the second set of inductive elements, and

the first set of switches and the second set of switches are configured to output an output voltage at the output.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to operate the first set of switches at a fifty percent duty cycle.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to operate the second set of switches at a fifty percent duty cycle.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising the first and the second direct-current power sources, wherein at least one of the first or the second direct-current power sources comprises input is connected te-at least one photovoltaic cell.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to open and close the first set of switches and the second set of switches at a frequency to combine the first voltage and the second voltage while reducing direct current to flow through the first set of inductive elements or the second set of inductive elements.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the output voltage is a combination of the first voltage and the second voltage.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:

a third set of inductive elements;

a third set of switches; and

a third input,

wherein:

the third set of switches is connected to the third input,

the third input is configured to connect to a third direct-current power source having a third voltage, and

the output voltage is a combination of the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage.

15. A system comprising:

a direct-current power source configured to generate a first voltage and a second voltage;

a controller:

a first set of inductive elements;

a second set of inductive elements;

a first set of switches;

a second set of switches;

a first input;

a second input; and

an output,

wherein:

the first set of inductive elements is connected via the first set of switches to the first input,

the first input is connected to the direct-current power source and configured to receive the first voltage,

the second set of inductive elements is connected via the second set of switches to the second input,

the second input is connected to the direct-current power source and configured to receive the second voltage,

the controller is configured to apply control pulses to the first set of switches and the second set of switches such that a voltage ratio of the first voltage to the second voltage is the same as a winding ratio of the first set of inductive elements to the second set of inductive elements, and

the first set of switches and the second set of switches are configured to output an output voltage at the output.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to operate the first set of switches at a fifty percent duty cycle.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the controller is configured to operate the second set of switches at a fifty percent duty cycle.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to open and close the first set of switches and the second set of switches at a frequency to combine the first voltage and the second voltage while reducing direct current to flow through the first set of inductive elements or the second set of inductive elements.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the output voltage is a combination of the first voltage and the second voltage.

20. The system of claim 15 , further comprising:

a third set of inductive elements;

a third set of switches; and

a third input,

wherein:

the third set of switches is connected to the third input,

the direct-current power source is configured to generate a third voltage,

the third input is connected to the direct-current power source and configured to receive the third voltage, and

the output voltage is a combination of the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2022
From: GAZIT, MEIR; GLOVINSKY, TZACHI
To: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Reel/Frame 060650/0715 →
Continuity (6)
Division 16575834 · Sep 19, 2019
Division 15132419 · Apr 19, 2016
Continuation 14601595 · Jan 21, 2015
Continuation 12435549 · May 5, 2009
Provisional Application 61050268 · May 5, 2008
Related Publication 20220376496A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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