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Physical Layer Simulation of Large Distributed Automation Systems in SPICE

Authors:
Patrick Diekhake
Eckehard Schnieder

Keywords: large distributed automation systems; physical layer simulation; signal integrity; fieldbus simulation

Abstract:
In this paper, we propose an analysis of the physical layer of large distributed automation systems based on simulation in SPICE. For large systems, changes of the physical topology or minor modifications of the physical layer hardware of a bus node result in much more increased influences to the signal integrity compared to smaller system architectures. The simulation provides references for further designs of the physical layer hardware of a bus node and an analysis of its behavior in different large topology configurations with up to 1000 bus nodes in a network with a total length of up to 1000 meters.

Pages: 165 to 168

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: October 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4537

ISBN: 978-1-61208-308-7

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 27, 2013 to October 31, 2013