Patent ID: 11877106
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A photovoltaic (PV) module, comprising:
a communication interface circuit having positive and negative input communication terminals and an external interface;
a first PV sub-module having positive and negative DC power terminals;
a second PV sub-module having a positive DC power terminal coupled with the negative DC power terminal of the first PV sub-module and having a negative DC power terminal;
a third PV sub-module having a positive DC power terminal coupled with the negative DC power terminal of the second PV sub-module and having a negative DC power terminal; and
a monitoring circuit having positive and negative output communication terminals coupled with the positive and negative input communication terminals, having a voltage sense terminal coupled with the positive DC power terminal of the first PV sub-module, having a voltage reference terminal coupled with the negative DC power terminal of the third PV sub-module and having a transmit select input and an input communication data stream input.