Patent ID: 11967653
Assignee: AMPT, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A multiphase low ripple solar energy power system comprising:
a first photovoltaic source of power having a first photovoltaic source output;
a second photovoltaic source of power having a second photovoltaic source output;
a conversion combined low ripple, solar energy, operational power DC output; and
a DC-DC combining converter configured to combine said first source of solar power and said second source of solar power to provide said conversion combined low ripple, solar energy, operational power DC output, said DC-DC combining converter comprising:
a base phase converter configured to accept power from said first photovoltaic source of power, comprising:
a base phase converter input that accepts power from said first photovoltaic source output;
a base phase converter output that provides operational base phase DC power delivery;
at least one pair of switch elements with a base phase switch-pair midpoint situated on an electrical circuit path from said pair of switch elements;
a base phase converter switch-pair timing phase controller configured to phase timed operation of said pair of switch elements of said base phase converter at a first timing phase;

an altered phase converter configured to accept power from said second photovoltaic source of power, comprising:
an altered phase converter input that accepts power from said second photovoltaic source output;
an altered phase converter output that provides operational altered phase DC power delivery;
at least one pair of switch elements with an altered phase switch-pair midpoint situated on an electrical circuit path from said at least one pair of switch elements with an altered phase switch-pair midpoint to said at least one pair of switch elements with a base phase switch-pair midpoint;
an altered phase converter switch-pair timing phase controller configured to phase timed operation of said pair of switch elements of said altered phase converter at a second timing phase that is controlled to differ from said first timing phase;

a synchronous phase controller to which said base phase converter switch-pair timing phase controller and said altered phase converter switch-pair timing phase controller are switch timing responsive, that is configured to maintain synchronous operation under one phased timing between said base phase converter switch-pair timing phase controller and said altered phase converter switch-pair timing phase controller;
power combining circuitry exhibiting low stored energy that connects said base phase converter output that provides operational base phase DC power delivery and said altered phase converter output that provides operational altered phase DC power delivery to provide said conversion combined low ripple, solar energy, operational power DC output; and
a photovoltaic boundary output controller to which said conversion combined low ripple, solar energy, operational power DC output is responsive at at least some times, configured to provide boundary limited conversion combined low ripple, solar energy, operational power DC output at such times of boundary controlled operation.