Dual-supply automotive electrical system with protection of motion control components

An automotive electrical system provides power from two DC sources each connected to a separate group of integrity-protected (ASIL) loads. A third group of non-ASIL loads are connected to both power sources through a controllable isolator with first and second transistor arrays. The connection throu...

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Hauptverfasser:	Mozip, Farouq, DeMarco, John A, Hudson, Andrew, Celinske, David
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS GENERATION PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	An automotive electrical system provides power from two DC sources each connected to a separate group of integrity-protected (ASIL) loads. A third group of non-ASIL loads are connected to both power sources through a controllable isolator with first and second transistor arrays. The connection through the isolator also connects each ASIL group to the other DC source. A control circuit includes a plurality of drivers for driving the first and second transistor arrays into conduction. The control circuit is configured to cease driving at least a respective one of the first and second transistor arrays when a fault condition is detected in which current flow in at least one of the transistor arrays exceeds a threshold.