| US 9,812,873 B2 | ||
| Virtual channel abstraction layer for solid state power controls | ||
| Kevin Case Fritz, Rockford, IL (US); and John A. Dickey, Caledonia, IL (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US) | ||
| Filed by Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 1, 2014, as Appl. No. 14/556,591. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2016/0156194 A1, Jun. 2, 2016 | ||
| Int. Cl. H02J 4/00 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/08 (2006.01) | ||
| CPC H02J 4/00 (2013.01) [H02H 1/0092 (2013.01); H02J 13/0062 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01); H02J 1/08 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A multi-channel power controller comprising:
a main controller communicatively coupled to a plurality of standard power control circuit boards;
each of said standard power controller circuit boards including a nexus having a plurality of virtual channels and a plurality
of solid state power controllers, wherein each of said solid state power controllers is controlled by one of said virtual
channels;
a plurality of physical control channels operable to control power to at least one load, wherein each physical control channel
of said plurality of physical control channels is controlled by a corresponding solid state power controller of said plurality
of solid state power controllers; and
wherein at least one of said virtual channels controls more than one of said physical control channels in said plurality of
physical control channels.
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