US Patent Issued to Sigmagen on Oct. 28 for "Solar photovoltaic module remote access module switch and real-time temperature monitoring" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,948, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Sigmagen Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.).

"Solar photovoltaic module remote access module switch and real-time temperature monitoring" was invented by Mehrdad M. Moslehi (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote-access switch and monitoring circuit for a solar photovoltaic module includes input and output leads connected via a remotely controllable series switch. The switch toggles between an on state that allows power delivery to a load and an off state that creates an open-circuit condition. A voltage measurement circuit performs real-time measurements of module voltage under both s...