Electronic circuit

An electronic circuit (22) comprising:

• an electronic control unit (16);
• a safety control unit (24);
• and
• an electronic locking unit (26) with a delay unit (27) and with a memory unit (28);
• wherein:
• the electronic control unit (16) is configured to control at least one actuator (7) by means of a normal-operation control signal (32) in a specified manner, and to generate a triggering signal (40) for the electronic locking unit (26) without the electronic control unit (16) having any influence on the generation of the triggering signal (40),
• the delay unit (27) is configured to receive the normal-operation control signal (32), and to transmit the normal-operation control signal (32) to the memory unit (28) with a time delay,
• the memory unit (28) is configured to receive the triggering signal (40) generated by the safety control unit (24), and to store the normal-operation control signal (36) transmitted by the delay unit (27) with the time delay, as soon as the memory unit (28) receives the triggering signal (40),
• and
• the electronic locking unit (26) is configured to control the actuator (7) on the basis of the stored normal-operation control signal (36) as the output signal (42) of the memory unit (28), as soon as the memory unit (28) has received the triggering signal (40) and has stored the normal-operation control signal (36) transmitted with the time delay.