Patent ID: 8456876

Claim:
An photovoltaic module comprising: a direct current (DC) power source comprising a plurality of solar cells configured to generate DC power at a DC output of the DC power source in response to receiving an amount of sun light; and a configurable power supply electrically coupled to the DC power source, the configurable power supply comprising: (i) an input converter having an input electrically coupled to the DC output of the DC power source, the input converter being selectively configurable between a first circuit topology to generate a DC power output and a second circuit topology to generate an alternating current (AC) power output at a primary coil of the input converter, wherein the primary coil forms an inductor of the first circuit topology to generate the DC power output when the input converter is configured in the first circuit topology, and (ii) an input controller electrically connected to the input converter to control the input converter to select one of the first circuit topology and the second circuit topology.