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Devices, systems, and methods regarding a PLC

US8417847B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22References

15Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Alan D. McNutt · Johnson City, US
Mark Steven Boggs · Johnson City, US
Temple L. Fulton · Elizabethton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 8, 2007
Grant date	Apr 9, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 22, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/15072
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a system, which can comprise a module communicatively coupled to a programmable logic controller (PLC). The module can comprise a transmission circuit and/or a receiving circuit. The module can be adapted to communicate with the PLC via 8B/10B encoded frames. A frame of the 8B/10B encoded frames can comprise a plurality of ordered fields.

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