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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Peter John Miller, Shefford, GB;
Andrew Charles Osborne Smith, Coventry, GB;
Michael John Lindsey, Dorser, GB;
Peter John Miller, Shefford, GB;
Andrew Charles Osborne Smith, Coventry, GB;
Michael John Lindsey, Dorser, GB;
Ricardo UK Limited, Shoreman-By-Sea, West Sussex, GB;
Abstract
An electronic system comprising a system to be monitored () and a plurality of fault-monitoring systems () each of which is adapted to output a fault signal when an input indicates that the electronic system is in a fault condition associated with the fault-monitoring system. The fault-monitoring systems are arranged in a cascade fashion such that a fault signal output from one fault-monitoring system () is provided as an input to a subsequent fault-monitoring system () in the cascade of fault-monitoring systems to simulate a fault condition associated with the subsequent fault-monitoring system. The output of the final fault-monitoring system in the cascade gives an indication of whether there is a fault with any of the fault-monitoring systems.