Cross communication arrangement for multiple solid state power controller channels
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1. A multi-phase power control switch comprising:
- a plurality of power controller channels, each of which includes at least one power controller having at least one microcontroller;
an isolator corresponding to each of said microcontrollers and connecting a cross communication line of said corresponding microcontroller to a data bus;
said data bus operable to enable cross communication between each of said microcontrollers and each other of said microcontrollers;
a switch synchronization module having a synchronization bus connected to each of said microcontrollers via a second isolator corresponding to each microcontroller; and
wherein said synchronization bus is connected to a systems level controller and wherein the systems level controller is configured to output ground referenced signals to said microcontrollers.
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Abstract
A multi-phase power control switch has multiple power controller channels, each of which includes at least one power controller having a microprocessor. Each of the microprocessors cross communicates with each other of the microprocessors using a data bus.
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1. A multi-phase power control switch comprising:
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a plurality of power controller channels, each of which includes at least one power controller having at least one microcontroller; an isolator corresponding to each of said microcontrollers and connecting a cross communication line of said corresponding microcontroller to a data bus; said data bus operable to enable cross communication between each of said microcontrollers and each other of said microcontrollers; a switch synchronization module having a synchronization bus connected to each of said microcontrollers via a second isolator corresponding to each microcontroller; and wherein said synchronization bus is connected to a systems level controller and wherein the systems level controller is configured to output ground referenced signals to said microcontrollers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A power distribution system comprising:
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a plurality of multi-phase power control switches, wherein each of said multi-phase power control switches has a plurality of power controller channels, each of which includes at least one power controller having at least one microcontroller; an isolator corresponding to each of said microcontrollers and connecting a cross communication line of said corresponding microcontroller to a data bus; said data bus operable to enable cross communication between each of said microcontrollers and each other of said microcontrollers; a switch synchronization module having a synchronization bus connected to each of said microcontrollers via a second isolator corresponding to each microcontroller; and wherein said synchronization bus is connected to a systems level controller and wherein the systems level controller is configured to output ground referenced signals to said microcontrollers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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