US Patent Issued to Sigmagen on Sept. 30 for "Distributed multi-modal power maximizing integrated circuit for solar photovoltaic modules" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,714, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Sigmagen Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.).

"Distributed multi-modal power maximizing integrated circuit for solar photovoltaic modules" was invented by Mehrdad M. Moslehi (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is add-on electronic circuit structures and methods for providing protection against reverse-electrical-current failures and for enabling comprehensive electrical (current-voltage sweep) and electro-optical (electroluminescence or EL using reserve current flow) testing of solar photovoltaic cells and modules having at least one multi-modal maximum-power-point trackin...