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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2022
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A field device includes functional units and an energy supply, wherein the sum of consumed energy of all functional units is greater than the maximum energy suppliable to the field device from the energy supply, where priority is assignable to at least two functional units, a higher priority functional unit influences the energy consumption of a lower priority functional unit such that the total energy consumption from the energy supply by all functional units is not greater than the maximum energy suppliable to the field device from the energy supply, and a line to the energy supply thereof passes through the higher priority functional unit to influence the energy consumption of the lower priority functional unit, such that functional units can be flexibly retrofitted, upgraded, or replaced, and the complexity involved in adapting the energy management of the functional units can be kept low.