A simple model of a photovoltaic solar cell is a current source, with the current proportional to the amount of sunlight falling on it. A more accurate model includes a diode (a nonlinear element we will see later). There is some leakage current that we can model with a parallel resistor, and there is a voltage drop in the interconnect that we can model with series resistances connecting to the load resistor. So a crude model of a complete system might be the circuit shown below.

In this system we have A, , and .

You are to determine the load resistance, , for which the maximum

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A simple model of a photovoltaic solar cell is a current source, with the current proportional to the amount of sunlight falling on it. A more accurate model includes a diode (a nonlinear element we will see later). There is some leakage current that we can model with a parallel resistor, and there is a voltage drop in the interconnect that we can model with series resistances connecting to the load resistor. So a crude model of a complete system might be the circuit shown below.

In this system we have  A,    , and    .

You are to determine the load resistance,    , for which the maximum