Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-locked data alignment in distributed embedded systems
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Application No.: US15716108Application Date: 2017-09-26
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Publication No.: US10374456B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Brian C. MacCleery , Todd J. Walter , Burt D. Snover
- Applicant: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
- Current Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert and Goetzel PC
- Agent Jeffrey C. Hood
- Main IPC: H02J3/24
- IPC: H02J3/24 ; H02J13/00 ; G05B19/042 ; H02J3/40 ; H02J3/38

Abstract:
An embedded system may distribute, e.g. at the point of coupling to a main power grid, information corresponding to one or more operational parameters (e.g. phase angle, frequency, amplitude, etc.) of a power delivery device to other power delivery devices, using a deterministic communication link. Updates of some or all of the information may be transmitted at future or past points in time, for example at defined time intervals. Time synchronization methods, e.g. a locked instantaneous interpolation mechanism may be used to create a coordinated time, shared among all power delivery devices. Various operating parameter mismatches, e.g. a phase mismatch between power delivery devices delivering power to the power grid, may thereby be reduced to less than a specified, negligible value. This creates tight time synchronization between the power delivery devices and allows them to interoperate in a manner that stabilizes rather than destabilizes the power grid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180090988A1 Time-Locked Data Alignment in Distributed Embedded Systems Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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