Reconfigurable photovoltaic integrated with CMOS for a fault tolerant system

For space applications, photovoltaic cells provide the best power to weight ratio than any other power source. But, overexposure to electromagnetic radiations and hostile environment in space can damage the photovoltaic cells. In addition, manual intervention in space is too expensive. These issues can be overcome by making PV module reconfigurable by introducing a MOSFET transistor as a switch in a Photovoltaic module. We are presenting a novel addressable reconfigurable PV module which can be integrated with fault detection and mitigation algorithm. Moreover, such kind of architecture enables the creation of real-time reconfigurable power buses or a power island. Additionally, the architecture can be integrated with PV cells monolithically.