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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Invensys Systems, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US);
Inventors:
John Carl Gabler, Irvine, CA (US);
Michael Kieu, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Peter P. Kral, Irvine, CA (US);
Ajay P. Mishra, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01); G05B 9/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2007 (2013.01); G05B 9/00 (2013.01); G05B 19/41855 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31245 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33273 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fault tolerant control system delivers an embedded functional safety core and a distributed control engine with an onboard communication link in an industrial process control environment. The fault tolerant control system includes a process control workstation connected to a first network and a fault tolerant safety controller connected to a second network, wherein a process controller module, a safety controller module and a field device system integration module are co-located on a power interface board.