Apparatus for feeding a bus
US6690197B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4068
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A bus subscriber node (2) having a feed module (10) and means (9) for transmitting and/or receiving information by way of the bus (1) has a switch module (11) which is actuatable by way of a switching logical member (12) and by which the feed module (10) can be connected to the bus (1) or by which the feed module (10) can be separated from the bus (1). The bus subscriber node (2) also has a memory cell (14) and a monitoring member (13) for detecting a current supplied by the feed module (10). The switching logical member (12) is coupled to the memory cell (14) and the monitoring member (13) in such a way that the feed module (10) can be separated from the bus (1) on the basis of an item of information stored in the memory cell (14) or on the basis of a certain current level detected by the monitoring member (13). With the memory cell (14) the bus subscriber node (2) can be configured as a feeding or as a non-feeding bus subscriber node and can be used in communication networks with central and decentral feed.
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