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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Kyoung-Whan Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Jang-Hyoun Youm, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-Hyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Eun-Kyung Hong, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/18 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); H04L 12/403 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/418 (2013.01); H04J 3/0667 (2013.01); H04L 12/403 (2013.01); Y02P 90/14 (2015.11); Y02P 90/18 (2015.11); Y02P 90/185 (2015.11);
Abstract
An EtherCAT control device and a factory automation system having the same are provided. The EtherCAT control device includes a master including a dummy EtherCAT slave controller (ESC) and a first slave configured to communicate data with the master according to an EtherCAT protocol, such that the master synchronizes a timing with the first slave according to a precision time protocol (PTP) method using the dummy ESC.