| AMPT, LLC Patent applications |
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| 20120104864 | AC Power Systems for Renewable Electrical Energy - A renewable electrical energy power system is provided with aspects and circuitry that can optimize operation of a DC-AC inverter. Alternative electrical energy sources may include solar cells and solar panels. In various embodiments, the system may include solar panel maximum power point independent inverter input optimization photovoltaic power control circuitry, inverter efficiency optimized converter control circuitry, inverter voltage input set point converter output voltage control circuitry, inverter sweet spot converter control circuitry, photovoltaic inverter duty cycle switch control circuitry, substantially power isomorphic photovoltaic inverter input control circuitry, and substantially power isomorphic photovoltaic inverter duty cycle control circuitry. With previously explained converters, inverter control circuitry or photovoltaic power converter functionality control circuitry configured as inverter sweet spot converter control circuitry can achieve extraordinary efficiencies with substantially power isomorphic photovoltaic capability at 99.2% efficiency or even only wire transmission losses. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120032515 | Systems for Optimized Solar Power Inversion - The DC-AC inversion of solar power in systems having high voltage, highly varying photovoltaic power sources may be provided to optimize input into a high voltage, high power photovoltaic DC-AC inverter. The inverter may coordinate the conversion of solar power in photovoltaic DC-DC power converters to achieve a desired inverter operating condition. Desired inverter operating conditions may include singular voltage inputs, optimal voltage inputs, inverter sweet spot voltage inputs, and the like. The converters may be coordinated to convert output to optimal input characteristics of the inverter, to control a posterior photovoltaic operating condition, to control the converter for inverter operating conditions, and the like. Output from the inverter may be transferred to a power grid at high power levels with coordinated control possible for various elements. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20110316346 | Methods and Apparatus for Adaptive Operation of Solar Power Systems - Methods and apparatus may provide for the adaptive operation of a solar power system ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110285205 | Efficient Solar Energy Power Creation Systems - Different systems to achieve solar power conversion are provided in at least three different general aspects, with circuitry that can be used to harvest maximum power from a solar source ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110210611 | Novel Solar Power Circuits - Particular embodiments of the inventive technology disclosed herein seek to reduce or eliminate the risk of damage to components of photovoltaic power circuits such as solar arrays. Aspects of the inventive technology, in embodiments, utilize diode to prevent reverse current flow in the event of application of a voltage to a power supply string which would otherwise effect such flow. Prevention of such reverse current flow may preclude voltages that would otherwise damage reverse current sensitive devices such as switches that may form part of a voltage limiting DC to DC converter. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110181251 | Alternative Switch Power Circuitry Systems - Reliability enhanced systems are shown where an short-lived electrolytic capacitor can be replaced by a much smaller, perhaps film type, longer-lived capacitor to be implemented in circuits for power factor correction, solar power conversion, or otherwise to achieve DC voltage smoothing with circuitry that has solar photovoltaic source ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110067745 | Highly Efficient Solar Power Systems - Different systems to achieve solar power conversion are provided in at least three different general aspects, with circuitry that can be used to harvest maximum power from a solar source ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20100308662 | High Efficiency Remotely Controllable Solar Energy System - A solar energy system ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100253150 | AC Power Systems for Renewable Electrical Energy - Renewable electrical energy is provided with aspects and circuitry that can harvest maximum power from an alternative electrical energy source ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100246230 | High reliability power systems and solar power converters - Reliability enhanced systems are shown where an short-lived electrolytic capacitor can be replaced by a much smaller, perhaps film type, longer-lived capacitor to be implemented in circuits for power factor correction, solar power conversion, or otherwise to achieve DC voltage smoothing with circuitry that has solar photovoltaic source ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100229915 | Systems for Highly Efficient Solar Power - Different systems to achieve solar power conversion are provided in at least three different general aspects, with circuitry that can be used to harvest maximum power from a solar source ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100038968 | Systems for Boundary Controlled Solar Power Conversion - A high efficiency photovoltaic DC-DC converter achieves solar power conversion from high voltage, highly varying photovoltaic power sources to harvest maximum power from a solar source or strings of panels for DC or AC use, perhaps for transfer to a power grid at high power levels with coordinated control possible for various elements. Photovoltaic DC-DC converters can achieve efficiencies in conversion that are extraordinarily high compared to traditional through substantially power isomorphic photovoltaic DC-DC power conversion capability that can achieve 97%, 98%, 99.2% efficiency, or even only wire transmission losses. Switchmode impedance or voltage conversion circuit embodiments may have pairs of photovoltaic power interrupt switch elements and pairs of photovoltaic power shunt switch elements to first increase voltage and then decrease voltage as part of the desired photovoltaic DC-DC power conversion. | 02-18-2010 |
