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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
European Space Agency, Paris, FR;
Richard Jansen, Oegstgeest, NL;
Jorgen Ilstad, Noordwijk, NL;
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method of determining link failure in a receiver for receiving a differential voltage signal via a first signal line and a second signal line, the method including: obtaining a first quantity depending on the larger one of a maximum value over time of a voltage level that is attained in the first signal line and a maximum value over time of a voltage level that is attained in the second signal line; obtaining a second quantity depending on a maximum value over time of an average of an instantaneous voltage level in the first signal line and an instantaneous voltage level in the second signal line; and determining that the link failure has occurred on the basis of the first quantity and the second quantity.