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US 7,031,168 B2Granted
Electronic component and the method of using it
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsShigeyuki Kato, Takafumi Kishi, Maakazu Kido, Toshimichi Surga, Gen Yoneda, Akira Takaishi, Atsushi Mukai, Yoshihiro Nagami, Hirofumi Hosokawa
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Abstract
Module substrates each having the functions of input, power supply, and output/communication corresponding to the required model are attached to a base substrate having shared bus wiring. Thus, a main CPU of an input module can discriminate the respective module substrates to perform the control operation corresponding to the model, thereby sharing the module substrates among different models.
Claims16
An electronic device equipped with a plurality of substrates, comprising:
- a base substrate which has a connection part and shared wiring connected to the connection part;
- an attaching substrate which has a special circuit in accordance with a function thereof and which is attached to the connection part so as to connect the special circuit with the shared wiring, the attaching substrate sharable among different models of a plurality of models;
- and
- a control circuit which is mounted on either the base substrate or the attaching substrate, and which is connected to the shared wiring, wherein
- the control circuit discriminates and identifies the attaching substrate attached to the connection part of the base substrate, determines a required model out of the plurality of models based on identifying the attaching substrate, and makes the electronic device operate as the required model.
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An electronic device equipped with a plurality of substrates, comprising:
- a base substrate which has a plurality of connectors and shared wiring connected to the connectors;
- a plurality of attaching substrates which have respective special circuits in accordance with functions thereof and which are detachably attached to the connectors so as to connect the special circuits with the shared wiring, the attaching substrates sharable among different models of a plurality of models;
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- a control circuit which is mounted on either the base substrate or the attaching substrates, and which is connected to the shared wiring, wherein
- the control circuit discriminates and identifies the attaching substrates attached to the connectors of the base substrate, determines a required model out of the plurality of models based on identifying the attaching substrates, and makes the electronic device perform temperature regulating operation as the required model.
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An electronic device equipped with a plurality of substrates, comprising:
- a base substrate which has a plurality of connectors and shared wiring connected to the connectors;
- a plurality of attaching substrates which have respective special circuits in accordance with functions thereof and which are detachably attached to the connectors so as to connect the special circuits with the shared wiring, the attaching substrate sharable among different models of a plurality of models;
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- a control circuit which is mounted on either the base substrate or the attaching substrates, and which is connected to the shared wiring, wherein
- the control circuit discriminates and identifies the attaching substrates attached to the connectors of the base substrate, determines a required model out of the plurality of models based on identifying the attaching substrate, and makes the electronic device perform measurement processing operation as the required model.
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A method for using an electronic device comprising:
- a base substrate which has a connection part and shared wiring connected to the connection part;
- an attaching substrate which has a special circuit in accordance with a function thereof and which is attached to the connection part so as to connect the special circuit with the shared wiring, the attaching substrate shareable among different models of a plurality of models;
- and a control circuit which is mounted on either the base substrate or the attaching substrate, and which is connected to the shared wiring, the control circuit discriminating and identifying the attaching substrate attached to the connection part of the base substrate, determines a required model out of the plurality of models based on identifying the attaching substrate, and makes the electronic device operate as the required model, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting the attaching substrate from a plurality of attaching substrates having different functions from each other;
- and
- attaching the selected attaching substrate to the connection part of the base substrate so as to use the electronic device as the required model.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.