Abstract: A system that couples distributed power generators together as a collective unit for the purposes of selling or purchasing energy from the electrical power grid. The apparatus includes a charge/discharge controller and an adaptive controller. The charge/discharge controller transfers energy generated by the plurality of distributed power generators to the power grid. The adaptive controller directs when the charge/discharge controller transfers energy generated by at least one of the plurality of distributed power generators to the electrical grid.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package including a die housing an integrated circuit and having a plurality of electrical contact pads on a surface of the die. The electrical contact pads include energizing contact pads for connecting power and ground lines to the integrated circuit, and include data contact pads. The energizing contact pads lie along the path of intersecting first and second directional lines. The intersecting directional lines define four quadrants on the surface of the die, each quadrant containing at least one data contact pad.