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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventor:

Wilhelm Griesbaum, Kandel, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G05B 19/0423 (2013.01); G06F 13/4027 (2013.01); G05B 2219/21123 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and input circuit unit having a first input circuit and a redundant second input circuit, wherein each input circuit includes an input for feeding a measurement current that can be obtained from a signaling device and that can be switched over and operated in such an input circuit unit, where the measurement current causes a voltage drop across a measurement resistor that can be evaluated as a measured value, where a parallel connection of the first and second input circuits causes division of the measurement current among the first and second input circuits, and where at least one input circuit include a device for compensating the decreased voltage drop across the measurement resistor resulting from the division of the measurement current.


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