Inventor
FALK ANDREAS
DE46 patents
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SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG
35 patentsUS8379418B2Feb 19, 2013
Power converter start-up circuit
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG131 citations98
US7746669B2Jun 29, 2010
Bidirectional battery power inverter
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG27 citations92
US7672149B2Mar 2, 2010
Device for feeding electrical energy from an energy source
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG29 citations92
US7800248B2Sep 21, 2010
Backup power system
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG25 citations88
US9136688B2Sep 15, 2015
Method and system for detecting an arc fault in a power circuit
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG7 citations83
US9071028B2Jun 30, 2015
Electrical connection between two busbars made of flat conductors and of an insulating layer disposed between the conductors
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG9 citations79
US7463489B2Dec 9, 2008
Power inverter
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG13 citations77
US10027249B2Jul 17, 2018
Method for connecting a photovoltaic installation to a power supply
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG2 citations73
US9484734B2Nov 1, 2016
Protection of photovoltaic modules of a photovoltaic generator against surge voltages relative to ground
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG4 citations73
US11851776B2Dec 26, 2023
Electrolysis device having a converter and method for providing instantaneous reserve power for an AC voltage grid
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG2 citations71
US11005270B2May 11, 2021
Method for operating an island system, and island system
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG3 citations69
US10298017B2May 21, 2019
Circuit arrangement for a photovoltaic inverter for break relief using short-circuit switches, and uses of the circuit arrangement
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG4 citations68
US9917443B2Mar 13, 2018
Photovoltaic system and method for operating a photovoltaic system for feeding electrical power into a medium-voltage network
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG2 citations68
US9525287B2Dec 20, 2016
Inverter system and method for operation of a photovoltaic installation for feeding electrical power into a medium-voltage power supply grid
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG4 citations68
US10178814B2Jan 8, 2019
Inverter and method for cooling an inverter
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG6 citations66
US12301006B2May 13, 2025
Converter apparatus and operating method
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations62
US11303132B2Apr 12, 2022
Converter comprising at least one converter module with three bridge branches, operating method, and use of such a converter
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG1 citations62
US11075601B2Jul 27, 2021
Solar module, operating method for a solar module, and photovoltaic system
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations62
US12264401B2Apr 1, 2025
Electrolysis device having a converter and method for providing instantaneous reserve power for an AC voltage grid
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations61
US12401292B2Aug 26, 2025
Method for operating a hybrid rectifier, hybrid rectifier, and electrolytic system having such a hybrid rectifier
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations52
US12334726B2Jun 17, 2025
Method and arrangement for ascertaining a load flow map within an ac-voltage power supply grid
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations52
US12261311B2Mar 25, 2025
Energy supply sub-system for an energy supply system, energy supply system, and method for providing same
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations52
US11195960B2Dec 7, 2021
Solar module, photovoltaic system, and voltage limitation method
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations52
US10622833B2Apr 14, 2020
Network subscriber network using zero crossing for control of power exchange
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations52
US10186872B2Jan 22, 2019
Method for connecting an energy generation installation to a medium voltage network and energy generation installation
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations52
US10491103B2Nov 26, 2019
Step-up converter, corresponding inverter and method of operation
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG1 citations51
US12283808B2Apr 22, 2025
Device for electrolysis from photovoltaically supplied power and a method of operating such a device
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations50
US12199438B2Jan 14, 2025
Method for operating an energy supply system, system controller for an energy supply system, and energy supply system
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations50
US12549011B2Feb 10, 2026
Method for operating an energy generating system, and energy generating system comprising said method
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations49
US12470153B2Nov 11, 2025
Method for extending a voltage range of a rectifier, rectifier for carrying out the method, and electrolysis system
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations49
US9594126B2Mar 14, 2017
Distributed detection of leakage current and fault current, and detection of string faults
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG1 citations48
US9602024B2Mar 21, 2017
DC/AC converter, power generation plant and operating method for a DC/AC converter
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations42
US10615606B2Apr 7, 2020
Circuit for voltage limitation in a photovoltaic field, photovoltaic field, and method for voltage limitation
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations39
US10218290B2Feb 26, 2019
Inverter having at least one inverter bridge between two busbars
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations39
US10193284B2Jan 29, 2019
Device for establishing a multi-phase electric connection and an arrangement comprising corresponding devices
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG0 citations37
FALK ANDREAS
6 patentsUS8502416B2Aug 6, 2013
Method and circuit arrangement for connecting at least one string of a photovoltaic system to an inverter
FALK ANDREAS11 citations83
US8238128B2Aug 7, 2012
Power converter circuitry
FALK ANDREAS15 citations83
US8531803B2Sep 10, 2013
Lightning protection for power inverters
FALK ANDREAS3 citations59
US8482936B2Jul 9, 2013
Method of and apparatus for connecting a photovoltaic device to an AC power grid
FALK ANDREAS2 citations59
USRE45069EAug 12, 2014
Bidirectional battery power inverter
FALK ANDREAS1 citations51
USRE44485ESep 10, 2013
Device for feeding electrical energy from an energy source
FALK ANDREAS1 citations51