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  • Automation device
    Patent number: 7359812
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automation device (100, 100?), in which a multiplicity of physically distributed functional units communicate with each other by means of a common transmission protocol. The device has a microcontroller (110), which is assigned at least one clock generator (120) and one memory unit (150), and which is connected at least to one data source (140), which is designed to output a data bit-stream to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Kresse, Andreas Stelter, Ralf Schaeffer