Patent ID: 11923800
Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method comprising:
supplying AC power from a first permanent magnet generator (PMG) of a generator to a saturable reactor of a generator control unit (GCU) that is operatively connected to control the generator;
supplying AC power from a second PMG to a rectifier of the GCU, wherein the first PMG supplies a lower AC voltage to the saturable reactor than the second PMG supplies to the rectifier;
powering an exciter drive of the GCU with DC power from the rectifier;
powering an exciter of the generator with DC power from the exciter drive; and
powering a controller, servo control, and reactor controller of the GCU with DC power derived from the saturable reactor.