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Circuit arrangement for protected data transmission, particularly in ring-shaped bus systems

US7430690B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Karsten Meyer-Gräfe · Olpe, DE
Thorsten Behr · Bad Boll, DE
Wolfram Kress · Siegburg, DE
Peter Wratil · Schwäbisch Hall, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2006
Grant date	Sep 30, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 6, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/40
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit arrangement allows data, which are necessary for building up fault-tolerant structures, to be transmitted on standard ring-shaped bus systems. Its implementation requires a monitoring unit and input and output units which transmit or receive data for control. The circuit arrangement handles the task of detecting any faults which can become a danger for the process within a machine or plant. Due to its internal configuration, the circuit arrangement identifies any fault even before the detection of the fault and initiates a protected switch-off. In this arrangement, it is of no importance whether it is the external control unit or the bus system used which is responsible for the fault.

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