FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary DC-to-DC converter, is a simplified block diagram illustrating in more detail;
FIG. 4 is a simplified block diagram of another exemplary system, according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4A is a simplified block diagram illustrating in more detail, a power module according to the embodiment of FIG. 4;
FIG. 4B is a simplified block diagram illustrating in more detail, a signaling mechanism attached to a conventional inverter, according to embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a simplified flow diagram illustrating a method for wake-up and shutdown of a power harvesting system with a safety mode, according to a feature of the present invention;
FIG. 5A is a flow diagram illustrating methods for wake-up and shutdown of a power harvesting system, according to embodiments of the present invention, the flow diagram including method steps performed by the power converters/modules;
FIG. 6 is another flow diagram illustrating methods for wake-up and shutdown of a power harvesting system, according to embodiments of the present invention, the flow diagram including method steps performed by the inverter of FIG. 2 or signaling block of FIG. 4B;