Bus guardian in a data bus
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorRobert Komanek
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Abstract
A control system is disclosed, including a first control device, a second control device and a driver component for driving signals on a data bus. The first control device includes a data output which is connected to a data input of the driver component, and a monitoring device for deactivating the data output in the event of a fault. A deactivation signal of the second control device for the driver component is fed to a data input of the first control device, and the first control device is configured to deactivate the data output in the event of an error signal at the data input.
Claims7
A control system comprising:
- a first control device;
- a second control device;
- and
- a driver chip for a data bus;
- wherein the first control device comprises:
- a data output which is connected to a data input of the driver chip;
- and
- a monitoring device for deactivating the data output in the event of a fault;
- wherein the second control device includes a deactivation signal for the driver chip and conducted to a data input of the first control device, and
- wherein the first control device is configured to deactivate the data output following a fault signal at the data input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.