Electronic device
View Patent ↗An electronic device, which for example includes a sensor element such as a rotational speed sensor, comprises a first network ( 4 ) having a first microcontroller ( 8 ) and a first supply voltage source ( 10 ). It also comprises a second network ( 4 ) having a second microcontroller ( 8 ) and a second supply voltage source ( 30 ). The electronic device is also provided with decoupling elements ( 42 - 50 ) which are adapted to decouple the networks ( 4, 6 ) form interferences.
1. An electronic apparatus for use in a motor vehicle, comprising:
a first network having a first microcontroller and a first supply voltage source; and
a second network having a second microcontroller and a second supply voltage source; and
a plurality of decoupling elements disposed between the first and second network, each of said plural decoupling elements being configured to decouple interfering influences between the first and second networks;
wherein the second network is configured to recognize an error in the first network and at least one of deactivate an output of the first network and provide error signaling when the error in the first network has been recognized, and wherein the second microcontroller is integrated on a chip with a sensor element, the microcontroller being configured to process a measurement signal from the sensor element.
2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the decoupling elements are resistors.
3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first network has a redundant sensor element which provides redundancy for the sensor element which is integrated with the second microcontroller on the chip.
4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first network is configured to recognize the error in the second network and to at least one of deactivate an output of the first network and provide error signaling when the error has been recognized on the second network.
5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first network is configured to recognize the error in the second network and to at least one of deactivate an output of the first network and provide error signaling when the error has been recognized on the second network.