US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on Aug. 25 for "Reconfigurable solar array for stable output voltage over a range of temperatures with high operational efficiency" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,911, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Reconfigurable solar array for stable output voltage over a range of temperatures with high operational efficiency" was invented by Jay Michael Gordon (Ellicott City, Md.), Paul James Matthews (Ellicott City, Md.) and Thomas Joseph Knight (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfigurable solar array has a plurality of photovoltaic cells and an interconnect circuit including a plurality of switches for interconnecting the photovoltaic cells. A thermostatic feedback control circuit in communication with a temperature sensor is con...