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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1995
Daimler Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An arrangement for monitoring a two-wire bus line for serial transmission of digital data includes a bus subscriber receiving circuit coupled to the two-wire line and including three comparators each having two inputs and an output for producing a logical output signal in dependence of signals at the two inputs. A signal line voltage on each wire of the two-wire bus line is applied, respectively, to the two inputs of a first one of the comparators and one of the two signal line voltages, an auxiliary voltage is applied, respectively, to the two inputs of a second one of the comparators and the other of the two signal line voltages and an auxiliary voltage being applied, respectively, to the two inputs of a third one of the comparators. A logic circuit is coupled to the outputs of the three comparators for simultaneously receiving the logical output signals of at least the second and third comparators and for signaling a fault-free condition of the bus system if all received logical output signals from the comparators are in agreement, and for signaling a fault if all received logical output signals from the comparators are not in agreement.