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Automation device

US7864675B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

6Claims

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Assignee

ABB AG · US

Inventors

Heiko Kresse · Bad Eilsen, DE
Andreas Stelter · Minden, DE
Ralf Schaeffer · Hille, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2006
Grant date	Jan 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 3, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/40032
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an automation device (100, 100′), with which a multiplicity of physically distributed functional units communicate with each other by means of a common transmission protocol. The device has a microcontroller (110), which is assigned at least one clock generator (120) and one memory unit (150), and which is connected at least to one data source (140), which is designed to output a data bit-stream to be transmitted.

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