Patent ID: 9614458
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H02J,H02M,H02S,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method for determining maximum power point tracking in a power converter, comprising: periodically increasing current from a photovoltaic array connected to a power converter; after increasing the current from the photovoltaic array, detecting whether the power from the photovoltaic array has increased; if, after increasing the current from the photovoltaic array, the power from the photovoltaic array has increased, then continuing to periodically increase the current from the photovoltaic array; else, if after increasing the current from the photovoltaic array, the power from the photovoltaic array has remained the same or decreased, then decreasing the current from the photovoltaic array; wherein said power converter comprises a link reactance connected by parallel pairs of bidirectional switches to a plurality of input and output ports.