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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Daniel Milton Alley, Earlysville, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a triple modular redundant (TMR) control system comprising three controllers. Each controller of the three controllers includes a current driver system configured to detect and regulate a portion of a total current output of the TMR control system, and a universal input-output (UIO) system comprising a plurality of universal input-output (UIO) ports, wherein the universal input-output (UIO) system is configured to detect the portion of the total current output and the total current output of the TMR control system via one or more of the plurality of the UIO ports, compare the portion of the total current output and the total current output of the TMR control system, and adjust the portion of the total current output according to a predetermined total current output threshold.