Methods and apparatus for optimizing structural layout of multi-circuit laminated composite assembly

An apparatus, comprising:

• a laminated composite assembly having a first plurality of layers and a second plurality of layers, each layer from the first plurality of layers having a conductor electrically coupled to a conductor of each remaining layer from the first plurality of layers to define a first electrical circuit, associated with a first voltage, each layer from the second plurality of layers having a conductor electrically coupled to a conductor of each remaining layer from the second plurality of layers to define a second electrical circuit (1) electrically isolated within the laminated composite assembly from the first electrical circuit and (2) associated with a second voltage different from the first voltage,
• the laminated composite assembly having a first electric insulator that provides a first degree of electrical isolation between the conductor of a first layer from the first plurality of layers and the conductor of a second layer from the first plurality of layers, the first degree of electrical isolation associated with the first voltage, the laminated composite assembly having a second electric insulator that provides a second degree of electrical isolation, different from the first degree of electrical isolation, between the conductor of a third layer from the first plurality of layers and the conductor of a layer from the second plurality of layers, the second degree of electrical isolation associated with a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a first machine coil associated with a first phase of a multi-phase set of machine windings, the first machine coil being at least one electrical path on a first layer of a laminated composite assembly;
• a second machine coil associated with the first phase of the multi-phase set of machine windings, the second machine coil being (1) at least one electrical path on a second layer of the laminated composite assembly and (2) electrically connected to the first machine coil via an internal connection such that the second machine coil is associated with a voltage substantially similar to a voltage associated with the first machine coil, the internal connection being at least one electrical path on the laminated composite assembly;
• a third machine coil associated with a second phase of the multi-phase set of machine windings, the third machine coil being (1) at least one electrical path on a third layer of the laminated composite assembly and (2) electrically isolated within the laminated composite assembly from the first machine coil and the second machine coil, the third machine coil configured to be associated with a voltage different from the voltage associated with the first machine coil;
• a first electric insulator disposed between the first layer and the second layer, the first electric insulator providing a first degree of electrical isolation based on a voltage stress between at least a portion of the first machine coil and at least a portion of the second machine coil;
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• a second electric insulator disposed between the second layer and the third layer of the laminated composite assembly, the second electric insulator providing a second degree of electrical isolation based on a voltage stress between at least a portion of the second machine coil and at least a portion of the third machine coil, the second degree of electrical isolation being different from the first degree of electrical isolation, the laminated composite assembly forming at least a portion of a segment included in a segmented machine.