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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert Dennis Holley, Seattle, WA (US);
N. Evan Lurton, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure is generally directed to a plurality of solid state switches of varying periphery sizes connected in series between a power source and a load. A built-in test circuit senses an overvoltage condition across one or more of the varying periphery sizes and opens or closes the one or more of the varying periphery sizes in accordance with a measured voltage across at least one solid state switch of the plurality of solid state switches.