Patent ID: 11876369
Assignee: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method comprising:
in a first mode, disconnecting a power source, connected to a power device of a plurality of power devices, from a first group of power sources by controlling a switch of the power device to be in an OFF state; and
in a second mode, connecting the power source to the first group of power sources by controlling the switch to be in an ON state,
wherein the first group of power sources are directly connected to each other in series,
wherein the plurality of power devices are serially connected,
wherein the first group of power sources is connected in series to the plurality of power devices,
wherein the power device comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal,
wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are coupled to the power source,
wherein at least one of the third terminal or the fourth terminal is coupled to a respective adjacent power device of the plurality of power devices,
wherein the switch is coupled between the second terminal and the third terminal, and
wherein each power device of the plurality of power devices is connected to a respective power source.