Industrial controller with coordination of network transmissions using global clock
US7930041B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 2008 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/31218
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An industrial control system communicating among various control elements via a serial network synchronizes the scanning loops associated with collecting and forwarding data along the network so as to substantially reduce transmission delay and jitter, using synchronization information passed along the network.
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