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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Tridonic Gmbh & CO KG, Dornbirn, AT;
Christoph Vonach, Dornbirn, AT;
TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG, Dornbirn, AT;
Abstract
An interface circuit () is provided for an operating device () of the domestic appliance technology, in particular for an operating device for lighting means (), for bi-directional communication with a bus () via a respective transmitting opto-coupler () and a receiving opto-coupler (), wherein a node point (P) of the interface circuit () is impinged upon with a driver voltage (VT) in such a way that the transmitting opto-coupler () switches through and thus sends a signal to the bus (), and wherein, at the same node point (P), the state of the receiving opto-coupler () can be detected so that a signal can be received from the bus ().