Patent ID: 7133921
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G05B,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A communications interface system for communicating information in a plasma processing system, comprising: a power delivery system component including a POD interface for communicating information that complies with a first protocol; a portable device including a coprocessor and a mass storage device selected from the group of CD-ROMs, FlashCards, Optical Disks, and magnetic media, coupled between the POD interface and a second communication interface for communicating sensor information there between, the second communication interface communicating sensor informationing that complies with a second protocol, the portable device translating the sensor information between the first protocol and the second protocol and being detachable from the POD interface and the second communication interface; a first communication link for coupling the POD interface to the portable device; and a second communication link for coupling the portable device to the second communication interface.