Multi-channel fuel pump

A fluid pump comprising:

• an outlet for discharging fluid from said fluid pump;
• a housing;
• a motor with a shaft that rotates about an axis;
• an impeller having N arrays of blades such that N≧2 wherein each array of blades radially surrounds said axis, and wherein each one of said arrays of blades are spaced radially from every other of said arrays of blades, said impeller being rotatable by said shaft of said motor;
• an inlet plate adjacent to said impeller and having an inlet for introducing fluid into said fluid pump, a plurality of inlet plate flow channels such that each one of said plurality of inlet plate flow channels is aligned with one of said arrays of blades and such that each of said arrays of blades are aligned with one of said inlet plate flow channels, wherein each of said inlet plate flow channels has a corresponding inlet plate flow channel cross-sectional area;
• wherein rotation of said impeller pumps fluid from said inlet to said outlet;
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• wherein said inlet plate flow channel cross-sectional area of each of said inlet plate flow channels is synchronized with said inlet plate flow channel cross-sectional area of every other of said inlet plate flow channels.