Partial shunt switching limiter for a spacecraft solar-panel or like power-source array
CA 1248174 A · Owner: Hughes Aircraft Company · Inventors: Martinelli, Robert M.; Ahrens, Allan F.
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This regulating system for an array of solar panels or the like consists of a tap connection into the array, and a boost switching regulator connected to the tapped array. The tap connection divides the array into first and second portions, and the switching regulator is connected so that its power-input terminals are across only one of the two portions of the array. The power-output terminals of the switching regulator are connected across the load (i.e. across the entire array), and the sensing or feedback terminals of the regulator receive a signal which acts as a measure of voltage or current at the load. Boost regulators do not dump overvoltage into a dissipative load; hence the …
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- Granted January 3, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 3, 2006.
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