Patent ID: 7564149

Claim:
A distributed solar array power system, comprising: a series of solar array power sources, each said solar array power source engaged to a modified maximum power tracking circuit and configured to uniformly share load until power delivered by a first weakest array reaches a maximum, wherein said first weakest array being removed from active participation of common load bus voltage regulation and staying in maximum power mode; said other arrays continuing to uniformly share power to load and actively participate in common load bus voltage regulation until power delivered by a next weakest array reaches a relative maximum; and as said next weakest array shifts to maximum power, then a next relative weakest power source becomes a next relative weakest being removed from active participation of common load bus voltage regulation and staying in maximum power mode, while all other power sources continue to uniformly increase load and jointly control load bus voltage there being no predefined sequence about which solar array power source will be operating in the maximum power tracking mode.