Patents by Inventor Giuseppe SCUDERI

Giuseppe SCUDERI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic system for synchronous enablement-disablement of solar photovoltaic panels of an energy production plant with distributed DC/DC conversion
    Patent number: 8890363
    Abstract: A solar energy plant may include a DC bus, photovoltaic panels coupled in parallel to the DC bus, each photovoltaic panel having a DC/DC converter, and a first controller controlling the DC/DC converter depending on whether a voltage on the DC bus is equal to or greater than a first threshold and lower than or equal to a second threshold. The solar energy plant may include a DC/AC inverter coupled to the DC bus and outputting an output AC voltage, an auxiliary start-up power supply charging a parasitic capacitance on the DC bus up to the first threshold, and a second controller turning on the auxiliary start-up power supply based upon a start command, and turning off the auxiliary start-up power supply and simultaneously turning on the DC/AC inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Natale Aiello, Francesco Giovanni Gennaro, Giuseppe Scuderi
  • AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONOUS ENABLEMENT-DISABLEMENT OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS OF AN ENERGY PRODUCTION PLANT WITH DISTRIBUTED DC/DC CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20120091810
    Abstract: A solar energy plant may include a DC bus, photovoltaic panels coupled in parallel to the DC bus, each photovoltaic panel having a DC/DC converter, and a first controller controlling the DC/DC converter depending on whether a voltage on the DC bus is equal to or greater than a first threshold and lower than or equal to a second threshold. The solar energy plant may include a DC/AC inverter coupled to the DC bus and outputting an output AC voltage, an auxiliary start-up power supply charging a parasitic capacitance on the DC bus up to the first threshold, and a second controller turning on the auxiliary start-up power supply based upon a start command, and turning off the auxiliary start-up power supply and simultaneously turning on the DC/AC inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Natale AIELLO, Francesco Giovanni GENNARO, Giuseppe SCUDERI