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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Sevan Haritounian, Karlsruhe, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/372 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/372 (2013.01); G06F 11/221 (2013.01); G06F 11/3013 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 13/4256 (2013.01);
Abstract
A peripheral module of a programmable controller and method for operating the peripheral module, wherein in a calibration mode a base voltage value is supplied by the peripheral module to a terminal via a switching device, the supply potential is changed at a start time by the peripheral module to the modified value and a response time at which the expected change occurs is acquired, and the valid time interval is ascertained by the peripheral module utilizing the start time and the response time.