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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Michel Ken Lovell, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Kenneth W. Junk, Marshalltown, IA (US);
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for RFID communications in a process control system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a non-volatile memory to be operatively coupled to a field device of a process control system; and a radio-frequency identification tag to be operatively coupled to the non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory is to store data received from at least one of the field device or a radio-frequency identification writer via the radio-frequency identification tag. The radio-frequency identification tag is to wirelessly transmit the data to a radio-frequency identification reader. The data includes at least one of maintenance information, diagnostic information, or configuration information associated with the field device. The non-volatile memory and the radio-frequency identification tag to be physically coupled to the field device.