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Data communication system

CA 1070848 A · Owner: Bethlehem Steel Corporation · Inventors: Hazelton, Dean W.

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Digital data in the form of serial station bit, frames which exclude protocol information are communicated, bidirectionally over a plurality of serial transmission channels to peripheral devices in a di?ital process control system. Data enters and leaves a process control computer input-output section serially in response to softwaregenerated control signals. Serial-to-parallel station interfaces having simplified disign are located along each channel. Each interface has a multifunctional shift register responding to the control signals to provide not only bidirectional data flow through station but simultaneous, parallel loading of each peripheral device. One software control logic …

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  • Granted January 29, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 29, 1997.
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GrantedJanuary 29, 1980
Term endedJanuary 29, 1997
Patent numberCA 1070848 A
Classification (IPC)G06F13/38 +2 more

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