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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Thomas J. Bray, Saline, MI (US);
Paul Allen Berneis, Dexter, MI (US);
Borys Joseph Melnyk, Allen Park, MI (US);
Jeff Matson, White Lake, MI (US);
Thomas J. Bray, Saline, MI (US);
Paul Allen Berneis, Dexter, MI (US);
Borys Joseph Melnyk, Allen Park, MI (US);
Jeff Matson, White Lake, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A 'segmented' CAN bus is provided that extends the cabling scheme of a CAN network to permit isolation of individual nodes of identical type when needed and the ability for a host to determine the network topology. In addition, the CAN bus cabling scheme automatically assigns unique addresses to nodes and guarantees that the network will always be properly terminated. This eliminates the need for jumpers, DIP switches, pre-installation programming, or other hardware requiring human intervention to uniquely identify the nodes on the network. Furthermore, because the physical node topology is determinable, equipment installation and anomaly diagnostics are facilitated.