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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
John Edward Dombrowski, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Richard Alan Kraus, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and system for transferring pulse messages between remote-controlled modules in an automotive vehicle includes a single wire bus coupled to each of the modules for transferring the pulse messages between each of the modules. A receiver circuit associated with at least one of the modules and coupled to the bus provides a communication current to the bus. A transmitter circuit associated with at least one of the modules and also coupled to the bus transmits the pulse messages utilizing the communication current. The receiver circuit, thus, becomes active and accepts the pulse messages being transmitted by the transmitter circuit upon detecting the communication current being drawn from the receiver circuit.