Continental Teves, Ag and Company Ohg

Dirk Morschel

Axel Schmitz

Eduard Wiens

Jürgen Müller

Alexander Michel

A method for determining a switching state of a valve, an inductance variable being determined on the basis of current and voltage measurements and the switching state being determined on the basis of the inductance variable. Also disclosed is a solenoid valve assembly for carrying out such a method.

Method for determining a switching state of a valve, and solenoid valve assembly

A method for pulse-modulated current control of an inductive load current. A first operating mode is implemented when a change in current setpoint value is effected. An initial duty cycle of the pulse modulation is determined and used to operate the inductive load in a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, a switching state of at least one switching element is set depending on whether a current setpoint value of the load current is higher or lower than a current setpoint value of a directly preceding cycle. The switching state is retained until a current limit value is reached and then switched over. The switching state of the switching element is switched over multiple times to generate a prescribed number of periods, and the duty cycle of the pulse modulation is determined based on at least a portion of the prescribed number of periods.

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Ober-Mörlen, Germany

Dirk Morschel