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Communication system, method for operating such a communication system, and communication module

US9325567B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Hortig · Eningen unter Achalm, DE
Ulrich Kaemmerer · Neu-Isenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2011
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 13, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06N5/02
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a communication system having a communication bus, a master device, which is connected to the communication bus and which communicates with the communication bus in a master mode, and several slave devices which can be connected to the communication bus and which communicate with the communication bus in a slave mode. To improve the performance capability of the communication system, the slave devices can be connected to the communication bus using a communication module designed as a proxy, wherein the communication module is connected to the communication bus using an input port and output ports for connecting the slave devices using a point-to-point connection, the communication module has a communication processor connected on the input side to the communication bus and on the output side to a first internal bus by means of a first serial interface.

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