Power transfer field device
AssigneeRosemount Inc.
InventorsRichard L. Nelson, Marcos Peluso
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for transferring electrical energy from a Fieldbus process communication loop to at least one other process communication loop operating in accordance with a different process communication protocol. A power transfer device is coupleable to a Fieldbus process communication loop and to a second process communication loop. The power transfer device is wholly powered by the Fieldbus process communication loop, and is configured to supply at least some electrical energy to the second process communication loop.
Claims12
A field device comprising:
- a Fieldbus communication module operably coupleable to a Fieldbus process communication loop;
- a power module coupleable to the Fieldbus process communication loop, the power module being configured to wholly power the field device with energy received from the Fieldbus process communication loop;
- a controller coupled to the Fieldbus communication module and the power module;
- a plurality of terminals operably coupled to the power module and coupleable to a second, non-Fieldbus process communication loop, to provide electrical energy over the second, non-Fieldbus process communication loop;
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- an energy storage device operably coupled to the controller and configured to provide a power level to the second, non-Fieldbus process communication loop that is greater than steady-state excess energy available on the Fieldbus process communication loop.
A method for injecting electrical energy into a non-Fieldbus process communication loop, the method comprising:
- coupling a passive circuit to a Fieldbus process communication loop;
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- transferring at least some electrical energy from the Fieldbus process communication loop to the non-Fieldbus process communication loop through the passive circuit at a rate that exceeds steady-state excess energy available on the Fieldbus process communication loop.
A method for injecting electrical energy into a non-Fieldbus process communication loop, the method comprising:
- coupling an active circuit to a Fieldbus process communication loop;
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- transferring at least some electrical energy from the Fieldbus process communication loop to the non-Fieldbus process communication loop through the active circuit at a rate that exceeds steady-state excess energy available on the Fieldbus process communication loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.