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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Nitschke, Ditzingen, DE;
Otto Karl, Leonberg-Hoefingen, DE;
Joachim Bauer, Oberstenfeld Prevorst, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A bus system with a master station and a plurality of slave stations is described. The slave stations have a connecting switch, with the downstream slave stations having no electric contact with the master station when the connecting switch of a first slave station is opened. In this phase, the first slave station is initialized. Before closing the connecting switch, a test switch is closed, with the current flow being limited by a current limiter. It is thus possible to check on whether the downstream slave station has a short circuit.