1. An electrical system for use in a high-temperature environment, comprising:
a housing;
a chassis formed of a substrate material, the substrate material having a low thermal conductivity;
a plurality of electrical components disposed on the chassis; and
a reflective layer disposed on at least a portion of an outer surface of the housing.
2. The electrical system of claim 1, the substrate material substantially comprising a polyaryletherketone.
3. The electrical system of claim 1, the substrate material containing one or more of aluminum oxide and fused silica.
4. The electrical system of claim 1, further comprising a heat sink coupled to the chassis, the heat sink being cooled by a fluid.
5. The electrical system of claim 1, further comprising at least one opening in the housing for connecting the system to an external system.
6. The electrical system of claim 1, the reflective layer comprising one or more of copper plating and nickel plating, wherein the reflective layer is a faraday shield.
7. The electrical system of claim 1, the housing coupled to a structure.
8. The electrical system of claim 7, wherein the structure is a jet engine.
9. An electrical chassis disposed in an aircraft engine, comprising:
a substrate having a plurality of electrical components disposed thereon, the substrate being formed from a thermally resistant polymer material, the substrate being arranged in or adjacent to the engine; and
a heat sink being coupled to the substrate, the heat sink being cooled by a fluid.
10. The electrical chassis of claim 9, wherein the thermally resistant polymer material includes an infused polymer material.
11. The electrical chassis of claim 9, wherein the thermally resistant polymer material includes polyether ether ketone.
12. The electrical chassis of claim 9, further comprising:
a housing at least partially surrounding the substrate; and
a reflective layer disposed on an outer surface of the housing.
13. The electrical chassis of claim 9, wherein the plurality of electrical components includes a full authority digital engine control system.
14. The electrical chassis of claim 9, the substrate being operatively arranged to minimize an amount of cabling associated therewith.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is
1. A modular computer system comprising a carrier comprising at least one power supply for providing power to the computer system, at least one switch for distributing information signals and at least one service processor for distributing management signals, the carrier configured to receive a plurality of removably mountable information processing modules, at least one information processing module being configured to perform at least one network related function and at least one information processing module being configured to perform at least one information related function.
2. The modular computer system of claim 1, comprising a plurality of information processing modules configured to provide at least one network related function.
3. The modular computer system of claim 1, comprising a plurality of information processing modules configured to provide at least one information related function.
4. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of information processing modules are configured to provide the same function.
5. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein each information processing cartridge is configured to provide a single function.
6. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein each information processing cartridge is configured to provide a plurality of functions.
7. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one network related function comprises a data integrity function.
8. The modular computer system of claim 7, wherein the data integrity function comprises a virus detection function.
9. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one network related function comprises a security function.
10. The modular computer system of claim 9, wherein the security function comprises a firewall function.
11. The modular computer system of claim 9, wherein the security function comprises an intrusion detection function.
12. The modular computer system of claim 9, wherein the security function comprises a cryptographic function.
13. The modular computer system of claim 12, wherein the cryptographic function comprises a secure socket layer proxying function.
14. The modular computer system of claim 12, wherein the cryptographic function comprises a virtual private networking function.
15. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one network related function comprises a network integrity function.
16. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one information related function comprises a data caching function.
17. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one information related function comprises an application serving function.
18. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one information related function comprises a data serving function.
19. The modular computer system of claim 18, wherein the data serving function comprises providing hypertext markup language content.
20. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one information related function comprises a data storage function.
21. The modular computer system of claim 20, wherein the data storage function comprises storage of electronic mail data.
22. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the computer system is preconfigured for operation.
23. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein an information processing module configured to perform a predetermined function may be replaced with an information processing module configured to perform a different predetermined function.
24. The modular computer system of claim 1, being self configuring on receipt of each information processing modules according to the type of information processing module received at the carrier.
25. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein each information processing module is configured as a server blade comprising at least one processor, at least one communications port and an enclosure arranged to enclose the at least one processor.
26. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the service processor is operable to distribute management signals to each information processing module.
27. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein the service processor is operable to connect to a management data transfer path external to the computer system.
28. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein each information processing module is configured as a field replaceable unit.
29. The modular computer system of claim 1, wherein each information processing module is configured to be hot-swappable.
30. A modular computer system comprising carrier means comprising at least one power supply means for providing power to the computer system, at least one switch means for distributing information signals and at least one service processor means for distributing management signals, the carrier means for receiving a plurality of removably mountable information processing means, at least one information processing means for performing at least one network related function and at least one information processing means for performing at least one information related function.
31. A computer server comprising a plurality of removably mountable information processing modules, at least one information processing module being configured to perform at least one network pipeline function and at least one information processing module being configured to perform at least one data provision function.
32. The computer server of claim 31, wherein the at least one network pipeline function includes at least one of a data integrity function, a security function and a network integrity function.
33. The computer server of claim 31, wherein the at least one data provision function includes at least one of a data caching function, a data serving function and a data storage function.
34. A computer server comprising a plurality of removably mountable information processing means modules, at least one information processing means module for performing at least one network pipeline function and at least one information processing means module for performing at least one data provision function.