CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR DEVICES IN AN RF ENVIRONMENT

• Main Authors: CRIMINALE PHILLIP, MAROHL DAN A, BABAYAN STEVE E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.05.2016
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; SELECTING; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A system includes a processing device to generate a command, the command having a first format that is transmissible over a conductive communication link. The system further includes a first converter, coupled to the processing device, to receive the command and convert the command into a second format that is transmissible over a non-conductive communication link. The system further includes a second converter, configured to operate in a destructive radio frequency (RF) environment, to receive the command and convert the command back to the format that is transmissible over a conductive communication link and to subsequently transmit the command to a pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit. The PWM circuit is coupled to the second converter and configured to operate in the destructive RF environment, to adjust a setting used to control one or more elements that are to operate in the destructive RF environment based on the command.