Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for analogue output current control
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Application No.: US13678704Application Date: 2012-11-16
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Publication No.: US10222770B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Thomas B. Meagher , Gerald R. Creech , Philip J. Agar , Shelby A. Murrell , Ian David D. W. Jones
- Applicant: Rockwell Automation Limited , Gwendolyn Meagher
- Applicant Address: GB Maldon
- Assignee: Rockwell Automation Limited
- Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Maldon
- Agency: Boyle Fredrickson, S.C.
- Priority: EP12153371 20120131
- Main IPC: G05B19/02
- IPC: G05B19/02 ; G05B19/042 ; G05B9/03

Abstract:
An output module comprises two management units each of which calculates the current demand for the module independently from one another. One management unit controls an output current, controller whilst the other unit monitors the current produced by the output current controller against an independently calculated demand. The output module has multiple output modules. In normal operation, each module provides a portion of the required output current, the total output current being equal to the sum of the currents output by each module. in the event of failure on one of the, modules, the other module or modules switch to providing the total current required and the failed module is switched to a fail safe mode by using an isolation circuit to switch off the output current from that module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130131832A1 Method and Apparatus For Analogue Output Current Control Public/Granted day:2013-05-23
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