Patent ID: 7848123

Claim:
An electrical system comprising; a multiphase permanent magnet alternator (PMA); a rectifier; a controller; a plurality of field effect transistor (FET) shunts equal to the number of electrical phases of said PMA; a plurality of logical OR gates; a plurality of comparators; wherein each of said FET shunts corresponds to a phase of said PMA and is connected in such a way as to allow power to travel unimpeded between said PMA and said rectifier when said FET shunt is off and redirect current from said PMA to neutral when said FET shunt is on; wherein each of said FET shunts receives a control signal from a corresponding logical OR gate; wherein each of said logical OR gates comprises a control signal input and a comparator input; wherein each of said logical OR gates is capable of outputting a control signal turning said corresponding FET shunt on whenever either the corresponding comparator or the controller indicates that the FET shunt should be turned on.