
Isolated Guarded Digital Output Module
(T7485)
PD
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7034
Mar
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06
3
field programmable gate arrays (FPGA). Each FPGA
independently operates one of the two output control switches.
The two output switches are connect
ed in series with the load.
When both output switches are on, current will flow through
the output and energize a field load. If either switch is off,
current will not flow through the output and the load will be
de
-
energized. This combination of series output switches and
independent drive signals produces fail
-
safe activation of the
load. Single failures can only affect one of the output drive
signals or switches. A single failure will result in either
continued correct control or a fail
-
safe output a
s shown in
Table
1
.
Table
1
. Output States After Switch Failure.
Continued correct control.
Automatic testing detects
stuck
-
on switch. If output is
subsequently commanded
off, output will turn off.
Fail
-
safe output. Automatic
testing detects stuck
-
off
switch.
Continued correct control.
Automatic testing detects
stuck
-
on switch. If output is
su
bsequently commanded
on, output will turn on.
Fail
-
safe output. Automatic
testing detects stuck
-
off
switch. If output is subse
-
quently commanded on,
output will remain off.
To achieve fault tolerance, two isolated Guarded output
modules are used with their outputs connected in parallel.
This configuration provides for continued correct control even
when one output switch fails off (cases two and four in
Table
1
). The module failure is automatically detected and
the module can be removed and replaced without interrupting
output control.
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