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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Mark Allen Johnson, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/364 (2006.01); H04L 12/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); G11B 19/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/42 (2013.01); H04L 12/40013 (2013.01); H04L 12/40084 (2013.01); G11B 19/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power system is provided. The power system includes a communications bus and a plurality of modules communicatively coupled to the communications bus. Each of the plurality of modules is configured to continuously monitor the communications bus, transmit a modulated signal at a predetermined frequency when the module detects an incoherent signal on the communications bus, become a master module when the module detects a coherent signal at the predetermined frequency on the communications bus, and cease transmitting the modulated signal when the coherent signal is not detected after a period of time.