EtherCAT is a real-time Ethernet protocol conceived explicitly for industrial applications. It is
characterized by high communication efficiency, which permits control loops to be closed …

The Ethernet standard is a standard solution for interconnecting industrial devices despite its
intrinsic drawbacks, particularly its nondeterministic medium access method. Many Ethernet …

The half-bridge modular multilevel converter has proven itself to be a suitable solution for
HVDC application. In order to achieve high modularity and fault tolerance, distributed control …

EtherCAT, a popular communication protocol based on Ethernet, with a mechanism to
transfer data on the fly that enables high speed with high efficiency, plays an essential role …

Communications within power converters is becoming increasingly important particularly
with the evolution of multilevel converters having distributed control structures. In the not so …

EtherCAT has been widely applied in the motion control domain due to its advantages of the
fast response speed, low CPU usage and good synchronization performance. Although the …

In the study, we develop a method to improve the accuracy of master-slave synchronization
in EtherCAT networks. The method involves two key compensations that are not considered …

This paper proposes a systematic design approach for a precision-guaranteed motion
control system. We develop a delay-guaranteed motor drive with our new software …

The ability to carry out coordered activities in distributed applications is currently considered
a basic requirement in most industrial scenarios as well as in many areas with demanding …

This paper analyzes the end-to-end delay of EtherCAT-based control processes that use the
events of message frames and global clock for synchronized operation. With the end-to-end …