ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-ZONE TEMPERATURE MONITORING

1 . An electrical assembly having multi-zone temperature monitoring, comprising:

a heat-generating electrical device;

a measurement circuit having a plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistors, wherein the plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistors are positioned in mutually spaced-apart temperature-measurement regions of the heat-generating device; and,

an analysis device that has a measurement channel for detecting measured values; wherein the plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistors are electrically conductively connected to the measurement channel of the analysis device via a common measurement line and the analysis device is designed to determine a temperature and/or a temperature limit value being exceeded in at least one of the mutually spaced-apart temperature-measurement regions by analyzing a signal on the measurement channel.

2 . The electrical assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the measured values detectable by the analysis device is a current flowing through the measurement channel and/or a voltage applied to the measurement channel.

3 . The electrical assembly according to claim 2 , wherein an electrical resistance value of the plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistors changes, at least in one temperature range, non-linearly with respect to a temperature change in the mutually spaced-apart temperature-measurement regions.

4 . The electrical assembly according to claim 3 ,

wherein the plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistors are fabricated, at least in part, from vanadium dioxide.

5 . The electrical assembly according to claim 4 ,

wherein the plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistors and/or the common measurement line are integrated into the heat-generating electrical device, wherein the plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistors and/or the common measurement line are preferably electrically conductively connected to a voltage and/or current source of the heat-generating electrical device.

6 . The electrical assembly according to claim 5 ,

wherein the analysis device is designed to determine the temperature or the temperature limit being exceeded in at least one of the mutually spaced-apart temperature-measurement regions by detecting a measurement threshold being exceeded or not reached on the measurement channel.

7 . The electrical assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the measurement circuit is designed such that:

the measurement threshold on the measurement channel is higher than a maximum measured value on the measurement channel that can be caused by an increase in temperature below the temperature limit in all of the mutually spaced-apart temperature-measurement regions, or,

the measurement threshold on the measurement channel is lower than a minimum measured value on the measurement channel that can be caused by an increase in temperature below the temperature limit in all of the mutually spaced-apart temperature-measurement regions.

8 . The electrical assembly according to claim 7 ,

wherein the analysis device is designed to determine the temperature limit being exceeded in at least one of the mutually spaced-apart temperature-measurement regions by detecting a specific temporal change of the measurement value on the measurement channel.

9 . The electrical assembly according to claim 8 ,

wherein the analysis device, using an amount of a measurement change on the measurement channel, identifies the mutually spaced-apart temperature-measurement regions in which the temperature limit being exceeded has occurred.

10 . The electrical assembly according to claim 9 ,

wherein the heat-generating electrical device and the measurement circuit are connected to a ground that is the same or grounds that are different.

11 . The electrical assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein leads for the plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistors, respectively, have different capacitive properties and/or different inductive properties, wherein the analysis device, based on the different capacitive properties and/or the different inductive properties of the leads, associates at least one determined temperature and/or at least one determined temperature limit being exceeded with one of the plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistor.

12 . The electrical assembly according to claim 11 ,

wherein the analysis device has integrated circuitry that checks a frequency-dependent total resistance, oscillation behavior, and/or a pulse response on the measurement channel.

13 . The electrical assembly according to claim 12 , wherein

the capacitive properties of the lead are caused by capacitive components in the leads or by a structure of conductor material of the leads, and/or

the inductive properties of the leads are caused by inductive components in the leads or by a structure of lead material of the leads.

14 . The electrical assembly according to claim 13 ,

wherein the leads of the plurality of temperature-dependent electrical measuring resistors, respectively, have different temperature-dependent capacities and/or different temperature-dependent inductances.

15 . The electrical assembly according to claim 10 ,

wherein the heat-generating electrical device is a warming blanket or a warming mat having a plurality of heat conductors or heat conductor segments.

16 . A heating device comprising

an electrical assembly having multi-zone temperature monitoring according to claim 1 .

17 . A cell connector comprising

an electrical assembly having multi-zone temperature monitoring according to claim 1 .