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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Alan Peter Norton, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ronald Eric Zlotnik, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling a vehicle power supply using serial communication. An example vehicle power system includes a host controller configured to supply a slave controller with a first voltage. The vehicle power system also includes the slave controller. The slave controller is configured to determine a received voltage, determine a difference between the received voltage and a nominal operating voltage, and transmit the difference to the host controller. The host controller is then configured to modify the first voltage based on the difference.