This patent portfolio covers foundational technologies underpinning modern solar microinverters, distributed energy systems, and smart-grid communications. The inventions protect critical advances in power electronics, including localized power point optimization, advanced inverter topologies, energy recovery circuits, reverse-recovery avoidance techniques, and robust power-line communication methods for managing arrays of distributed photovoltaic devices. Collectively, these technologies enable higher energy harvest, improved conversion efficiency, grid stability, and scalable monitoring and control across residential, commercial, and utility-scale solar installations. With broad international coverage and priority dates extending back to the early adoption of distributed solar architectures, the portfolio represents infrastructure-level IP that is widely applicable across renewable energy platforms, grid modernization initiatives, and smart-energy ecosystems, presenting a strong licensing or acquisition opportunity for energy technology leaders.