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Energy saving control for a field device

US8160725B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

VEGA Grieshaber KG · DE

Inventors

Volker Allgaier · Lenzkirch, DE
Andreas Isenmann · Lenzkirch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 20, 2009
Grant date	Apr 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F1/3203
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control for a field device comprises a monitoring unit that is separate from a control unit for controlling the field device which monitoring unit, when the control unit is in a sleep mode, waits for an activation signal in order to switch the control unit to the operating mode.

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