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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2023
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Steve Pacheco, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mariusz Kaleta, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Adam Kropek, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bryan W. Guild, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Andrzej Kuchta, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A backplane that includes a first processor slot, a second processor slot, a plurality of input/output (I/O) slots, a first I/O bus, a second I/O bus electrically isolated from the first I/O bus, and a plurality of I/O connection ports. The first processor slot includes a first processor connection port having a plurality of pins electrically connected to a first processor bus. The second processor slot includes a second processor connection port having a plurality of pins connected to a second processor bus, that is electrically isolated from the first processor bus. The plurality of I/O connection ports each include a first set of pins electrically connected to the first I/O bus, and a second set of pins electrically connected to the second I/O bus. Each of the first processor slot, the second processor slot, and the plurality of I/O slots include at least one of the I/O connection ports.