Patent 10523117 was granted and assigned to Southwire Company on December, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A photovoltaic power system for supplying power to an electric grid is provided, in which a plurality of photovoltaic panels are each configured for generating a DC power signal. A plurality of DC-DC power converters connected to the photovoltaic panels are provided for converting the DC power signal into a deadband DC signal having a rectified sine waveform with reoccurring deadband periods, which reduces the risk of arcing during power transmission. An electric network interface is used to convert the deadband DC signal received from the plurality of DC-DC power converters into an AC power signal.