美国国家半导体“聪明”掌握太阳能电池技术

    美国国家半导体，半导体行业的领军企业之一，今天宣布，将出售太阳能电池板芯片组。国家半导体的SolarMagic技术去年首次亮相，该技术是对现有太阳能电池板系统的改进与补充。现在，技术日趋成熟，芯片可直接集成到面板结构，增加由相同数量阳光产生的发电量。

    要做到这一点，SolarMagic组件需确保电压和电流流入每个太阳能电池板阵列，从而提高能源在整个面板阵列的整体流动。像由SolarEdge和Enphase能源制造的类似产品芯片组还通过网路收集它所服务的面板数据。这样，太阳能设置安装商和运营商可以看到面板是否损坏或能否正常工作。
    SolarMagic技术将在欧洲Intersolar上展示。
    National Semiconductor, one of the biggest names in the semiconductor industry，announced today that it will be selling a chipset that can up solar panel output.

    National Semi’s SolarMagic technology made its debut last year as an add-on for existing solar panel systems already in the field. Now, as a chipset, it can be integrated directly into panel architecture to increase the amount of power produced by the same amount of sunlight.

    To do this, the SolarMagic component makes sure the voltage and current flowing from every individual solar panel in an array so that they are the same ― thereby increasing the overall flow of energy from the entire panel array, the company says. Like similar offerings (made by SolarEdge and Enphase Energy, for example), the chipset also collects data from the panels it serves, making it available via the web. That way, solar installers and operators can see if panels are damaged, or not working as well as they could be.

    The SolarMagic technology will be demonstrated at Intersolar Europe, a major industry conference, in Munich at the end of this month.