Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Smart Retrofit Solar Junction Box With Arc-Fault Detection, Hotspot Monitoring And Adaptive String Reconfiguration

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611110325 A) filed by Chandigarh University on September 14, 2026, for Smart Retrofit Solar Junction Box With Arc-Fault Detection, Hotspot Monitoring And Adaptive String Reconfiguration.

Inventor includes Mamta.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: A smart retrofit solar junction box is interposed between monitored photovoltaic paths and an inverter or combiner. An electrical and thermal sensing subsystem measures voltage, current, high-frequency arc-signature information and path-associated temperature. An embedded controller detects sustained direct-current arc signatures and therma...