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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2018
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Marek Lewandowski, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
The DSI protocol (distributed system interface) that relates to the bus communication in sensor arrangements is known from the prior art. Methods are proposed for operating a sensor arrangement () on the basis of the DSI protocol in order to consequently be able to operate, in particular in an advantageous manner, active sensor units (A-F) having a transmitter () and a receiver (). In particular, the use of three part phases is proposed for the communication between the processing unit () and the active sensor unit (A-F), namely a CRM phase () for the bidirectional communication between the processing unit () and the active sensor unit (A-F), a power phase () for the transmission of energy from the processing unit () to the active sensor units (A-F) and a PDCM phase for the unidirectional transmission of data from the active sensor unit (A-F) to the processing unit (). Furthermore, it is proposed in a CRM phase () to grant at least one active sensor unit (A-F) the release for a supplementary time slot (G,H) in the PDCM phase () with the result that this active sensor unit (A-F) in the PDCM phase has two time slots (A-H) available for the communication with the processing unit ().