IP Library Granted Patent US 9,436,212
Granted Patent B2
US 9,436,212 · App. 14/028,590 · Granted Sep 6, 2016

Data bus part and method for synchronizing data bus parts

Inventor: Daniel Jerolm (Bad Essern, DE)
Assignee: WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
G06F1/12
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Patent No.
US 9,436,212
App. No.
14/028,590
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A data bus part with a data bus interface which has a downstream data bus input for receiving data from a higher-order data bus ( 1 ), and a clock generator for generating an internal clock signal for the data bus part, is described. The data bus part has a synchronization unit to synchronize the clock generator with the clock signal of the higher-order data bus part, wherein the synchronization unit is configured to detect transitions in the downstream data stream received at the downstream data input, to regulate the frequency of the internal clock signal depending on the detected transitions, and to set a defined phasing of the internal clock signal in relation to the detected transitions.

Claims (26)

1. A data bus part with a data bus Interface comprising:

a downstream data bus input for receiving data from a higher-order data bus part;

a clock generator for generating an internal clock signal for the data bus part;

an upstream data bus input for receiving data from a lower-order data bus part;

a synchronization unit for synchronizing the clock generator with the clock signal of the higher-order data bus part, wherein the synchronization unit is configured to detect transitions in the downstream data stream received at the downstream data input to regulate the frequency of the internal clock signal depending on the detected transitions, and to set a defined first phase position of the internal clock signal in relation to the detected transitions,

wherein

the data bus interface is bidirectional and

further comprises a phase position correction unit for detecting transitions in the upstream data stream provided for the reception via the upstream data bus input and for delaying this upstream data stream depending on the detected transitions, wherein the phase position correction unit is configured in such a way that a defined second phase position of the internal clock signal, which is synchronized to the transitions of the received downstream data stream, in relation to the transitions of the delayed upstream data stream is set.

2. The data bus part according to claim 1 , wherein the phase position correction unit is configured to insert electrical delay elements into the upstream data stream to delay the upstream data stream.

3. The data bus part according to claim 1 ,

wherein the synchronization unit and/or the phase position correction unit is configured to set a defined phasing in the range from 90° to 270° preferably from around 180°.

4. A method for synchronizing a bus part comprising:

reception of a downstream data stream from a higher-order data bus part by a lower-order data bus part via a downstream data bus input;

detection of transitions in the downstream data stream received at the downstream data bus input;

synchronization of an internal clock signal of a clock generator of the lower-order data bus part depending on the detected transitions;

setting of a defined first phase position of the synchronized internal clock signal in relation to the detected transitions of the received downstream data stream,

reception of an upstream data stream from a lower-order data bus part by a data bus part via an upstream data bus input;

detection of transitions in the upstream data stream received at the upstream data bus input;

delaying of this received upstream data stream depending on the detected transitions in such a way that a defined second phase position of the synchronized internal clock signal, which is synchronized to the transitions of the received downstream data stream, in relation to the transitions of the delayed upstream data stream is set; and

transmission of the delayed upstream data stream via an upstream data bus output to a higher-order data bus part.

5. The method according to claim 4 , characterized by insertion of electrical delay elements into the upstream data stream for the delay.

6. The method according to claim 4 , characterized in that the defined phase position is set in the range from 90° to 270° and preferably from around 180°.

7. A data transmission system, comprising:

a first data bus part according to claim 1 , the first data bus part further comprising a downstream data bus output; and

a second data bus part according to claim 1 , the second data bus part further comprising an upstream data bus output,

wherein the downstream data bus input of the second data bus part is communicatively coupled to the downstream data bus output of the first data bus part, and the upstream data bus input of the first data bus part is communicatively coupled to the upstream data bus output of the second data bus part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2014
From: JEROLM, DANIEL
To: WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Reel/Frame 032096/0644 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 108 696 · Sep 17, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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