Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular electronic apparatus including a plurality of circuit units connected by an internal communication bus
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Application No.: US14432670Application Date: 2013-11-11
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Publication No.: US10009037B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Laurent Jeanneteau , Andrea Fattorini , Thibaut Rigolle , Svend Erik Christiansen
- Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V.
- Applicant Address: BE Brussels
- Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
- Current Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: BE Brussels
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: EP12193125 20121119
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/073479 WO 20131111
- International Announcement: WO2014/076027 WO 20140522
- Main IPC: H05B1/02
- IPC: H05B1/02 ; H03M1/12 ; H04B3/00 ; G01R19/00

Abstract:
A modular electronic and/or electric apparatus including a plurality of circuit units connected by an internal communication bus. The circuit unit includes at least two serial resistor elements forming a voltage divider. The resistor elements of the circuit units are serially connected and form an ID wire. The ID wire is interconnected between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal. The circuit unit comprises at least one analog-digital converter. A connection point between two resistor elements of one circuit unit is connected to an analog input terminal of the analog-digital converter. A digital output terminal of the analog-digital converter is connected to the internal communication bus. The modular electronic and/or electric apparatus includes a master unit connected to the internal communication bus. In particular, the present invention relates to a modular domestic appliance including a plurality of circuit units connected by an internal communication bus.
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