Patent ID: 8115340

Claim:
A system comprising a configurable photovoltaic (PV) panel comprising: a PV module having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a series-parallel selector comprising: a first S-P switch comprising a first S-P switch series terminal, a first S-P switch parallel terminal, and a first S-P switch common terminal; and a second S-P switch comprising a second S-P switch series terminal electrically connected to said first S-P switch parallel terminal, a second S-P switch parallel terminal, and a second S-P switch common terminal; a bypass selector comprising: a first bypass switch comprising: a first bypass switch bypass terminal electrically connected to said PV module negative terminal and to said second S-P switch common terminal; a first bypass switch normal terminal; and a first bypass switch common terminal electrically connected to said first S-P switch series terminal; a second bypass switch comprising: a second bypass switch bypass terminal; a second bypass switch normal terminal electrically connected to said PV module positive terminal; and a second bypass switch common terminal electrically connected to said first S-P switch common terminal; a first power connector comprising: a first power connector first terminal electrically connected to said second bypass switch common terminal; and a first power connector second terminal electrically connected to said first bypass switch bypass terminal; a second power connector comprising: a second power connector first terminal electrically connected to said first S-P switch parallel terminal; and a second power connector second terminal electrically connected to said second S-P switch parallel terminal; and a node controller electrically connected to said series-parallel selector and to said bypass connector.