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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2010
Swen Weitemeier, Loedingsen, DE;
Christian Oldendorf, Goettingen, DE;
Swen Weitemeier, Loedingsen, DE;
Christian Oldendorf, Goettingen, DE;
Sartorius Weighing Technology GmbH, Goettingen, DE;
Abstract
An electronic device, and associated method, provided with a circuit board (), with a set of input contacts (IN/COM), a set of output contacts (OUT/COM) and an electrical circuit () connected between the input contacts (IN/COM) and the output contacts (OUT/COM) and a controller. The controller carries out a real-time test of the circuit board using a test signal introduced into the electrical circuit, the electrical circuit () being designed as a passive network having a characteristic transfer function and provided with at least one capacitive element, wherein the capacitive element is a conductor surface () forming a capacitor in the assembled state with a corresponding, device-side conductor surface (″), which is connected to the electrical circuit () via a contact element in the assembled state, whereby the capacitive value of the capacitive element in the assembled state differs from the capacitive value of the capacitive element in the disassembled state.