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#### **Table 2.**

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effectiveness of the CMOS embedded PV module. Hence, it is a necessity to develop a modeling technique for reconfigurable PV modules for further development and deployment of their usage in various applications. Three different types of MOSFETs

*CMOS switch embedded PV module. A group of four transistors are connected in series by turning ON and* 

1 2 ≈ −−− *PV P ph d d*

1

1 2

*N N NN N N* (8)

*<sup>B</sup> I NI I I*

 <sup>×</sup> = − *T B A V*

( )

*v R R N R*

*pv*

*B i*

 − ⋅ <sup>⋅</sup> =+ + + ⋅ −⋅ *pv S S T ns*

In Eq. (8), the Rns is equal to RPS. It is possible to achieve it by sizing the N-type and P-type MOSFET transistor's width based on the process transconductance. The

*S P PS P S*

*P*

*d s I Ie* (7)

( )

1

*<sup>R</sup>* (6)

are used for modeling the reconfigurable, which is presented in **Table 2** [12]. The array decomposition for modeling the CMOS embedded PV module is shown in **Figure 10**. For simplicity, the two diodes are combined into a single diode shown in **Figure 10**. The total current generated by the reconfigurable PV module in configuration Ns × Np (number of PV cells in series x number of PV cells in paral-

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lel) is given by [33]:

*OFF CMOS based transistors.*

**Figure 9.**

*CMOS transistors resistance variable name and values.*

#### **Figure 10.**

*PV cell decomposition technique for modeling CMOS embedded PV module.*

**Figure 11.**

*The maximum power under different shading patterns over PV module for different configurations (number of PV cells in series x number of PV cells in parallel).*

maximum power generated by the CMOS embedded PV module using SPICE based simulation is shown in **Figure 11**.
