Patent ID: 11971762
Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A power supply and load system, the system comprising:
a first power supply operably coupled to one or more loads and configured to provide a first power signal to the one or more loads;
a first drive-sense circuit (DSC) operably coupled to the first power supply, wherein, when enabled, the first DSC configured to:
provide a first sensing signal via a first single line that couples to a first coupling of the first power supply and the one or more loads and simultaneously sense change of the first sensing signal via the first single line based on at least one of one or more electrical characteristics of the one or more loads or a first electrical characteristic of the first power supply;
generate a first digital signal that is based on the at least one of the one or more electrical characteristics of the one or more loads or the first electrical characteristic of the first power supply;

a second power supply operably coupled to the one or more loads and configured to provide a second power signal to the one or more loads;
a second DSC operably coupled to the second power supply, wherein, when enabled, the second DSC configured to:
provide a second sensing signal via a second single line that couples to a second coupling of the second power supply and the one or more loads and simultaneously sense change of the second sensing signal via the second single line based on at least one of the one or more electrical characteristics of the one or more loads or a second electrical characteristic of the second power supply;
generate a second digital signal that is based on the at least one of the one or more electrical characteristics of the one or more loads or the second electrical characteristic of the second power supply;
memory that stores operational instructions; and
one or more processing modules operably coupled to the memory, the first DSC, and the second DSC, wherein, when enabled, the one or more processing modules configured to execute the operational instructions to receive and process the first digital signal and the second digital signal to determine at least one of the one or more electrical characteristics of the one or more loads, the first electrical characteristic of the first power supply, or the second electrical characteristic of the second power supply.