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Unit for a bus system, master-slave bus system with a plurality of units, and method for addressing units of a bus system

US11714768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Fessel · Weikersheim, DE
Markus Humm · Weißbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 2021
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 12, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/40013
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a unit for a bus system, a master/slave bus system with such units, and a method for assigning individual unit addresses for units of a bus system, wherein through the use of an enable signal, which is relayed from unit to unit, only one unit is respectively in an allocation mode in which the unit that is respectively in the allocation mode is allocated an individual unit address so that the units of the bus system can each be allocated with the unique individual address one after the other in the sequence of their cabling.

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