ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,505, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HANGZHOU LIANXINTONG SEMICONDUCTOR Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Installation test circuit for PV system with rapid shutdown" was invented by Hao-Shun Chang (Zhubei, Taiwan) and Hsin-Hsien Li (Zhubei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An installation test circuit for a photovoltaic (PV) system with rapid shutdown includes a voltage generator, which is coupled to a solar panel in the PV system, and generates a first output voltage and a second output voltage according to a first control signal, a second control signal and a voltage source outputted by the solar panel. A voltage difference betwe...