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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erich Strasser, Trostberg, DE;
Robert Wastlhuber, Garching/Alz, DE;
Hermann Hofbauer, Trostberg, DE;
Christian Zehentner, Teisendorf, DE;
Steffen Bielski, Garching/Alz, DE;
Helmut Huber, Garching/Wald a.d.Alz, DE;
Assignee:
Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, Traunreut, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341144 ; 369 43 ; 341140 ; 73634 ;
Abstract
A device and method for data transmission between a transducer and a processing unit which are coupled by one or several signal transmission lines, to selectively activate at least two different modes of operation of the transducer. The device includes a comparator unit which identifies the respectively activated mode of operation by comparing signals present on at least one signal transmission line with predetermined reference signals.