ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,397, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Solaredge Technologies Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel).

"System and methods for determining characteristics of a photovoltaic panel" was invented by Ilan Yoscovich (Givatayim, Israel), Yoav Galin (Raanana, Israel), Ohad Gidon (Netanya, Israel), Roy Shkoury (Hadera, Israel), Gideon Eitan (Haifa, Israel), Yan Dogadko (Petah Tikva, Israel), Barak Hagbi (Harish, Israel) and Ori Aphek (Ramat Gan, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described herein for providing power for enabling electroluminescence imaging of photovoltaic panels. The system may comprise a diode in a power converte...