Driver and diagnostic system for a brake controller
AssigneeHorizon Global Americas Inc.
InventorsNicholas Albert Cekola, Dennis Michael Morse, Marvin Hoot, Yilong Chen, Srikanth Kadudula
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Abstract
A brake control unit includes a processor, a first high side driver and a second high side driver. The processor sends signals to the first high side driver and the second high side driver. The first and second high side drivers process the signals independent of each other. The processor diagnoses faults and locations of faults based on feedback from the high side drivers. The first high side driver controls the braking of a first trailer brake. The second high side driver controls the braking of a second trailer brake.
Claims14
A brake control unit comprising:
- a processor;
- a diagnostic circuit comprising:
- a first driver;
- and
- a second driver comprising a plurality of field effect transistors connected in parallel with each other, wherein the processor is coupled to the first driver and the second driver and wherein the first driver is connected in parallel with the second driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.