Flexible intelligent electronic device

US8341304B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ABB RESEARCH LTD. · CH

Inventors

• Lennart Balgard · Arboga, SE
• Bernhard Deck · Wellheim, DE
• Krister Landernäs · Hallstahammar, SE
• Tobias Gentzell · Hagfors, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S20/20
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An intelligent electronic device for a Substation Automation or Distribution Automation system as well as to a method and computer program product for providing it. The device has a structuring of its own functionality according to a communication standard and includes mechanically separable, replaceable hardware modules interconnected via an inter-module bus. The modules implement functionality related to function related elements of the standard and include a communication module and I/O modules. The device includes elements of the communication standard comprising one device related element and replaceable function related elements of all the functions provided by the modules. The communication module includes the device related element and function elements associated with the function of the communication module as well as functions provided by all the I/O modules.