IP Library Granted Patent US 9,627,898
Granted Patent B2
US 9,627,898 · App. 13/859,926 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Device and method for transmitting energy and data between a control unit and a position-measuring device

Inventors: Bernhard Beaury (Rimsting, DE); Hermann Hofbauer (Trostberg, DE); Markus Mooshammer (Traunstein, DE); Erich Strasser (Trostberg, DE); Ernst Thielicke (Traunstein, DE); Sebastian Tondorf (Waging am See, DE)
Assignee: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH
H02J7/0042H04B3/548H04L12/10H04L12/40045H04B2203/5404H04B2203/547H04B2203/5445
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Patent No.
US 9,627,898
App. No.
13/859,926
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a device and a method for transmitting energy and data between a control unit and a position-measuring device via a line pair, the energy transmission takes place in a charge mode and the data transmission takes place in a communication mode, and an energy storage device is provided in the position-measuring device, which is able to be charged in the charge mode via the line pair, and which is able to supply energy to the position-measuring device in the communication mode, and a charge unit and a switching device are provided in the control unit. The switching unit is adapted to the charge unit to the line pair in two-pole manner.

Claims (31)

1. A device for transmitting energy between a control unit and a position-measuring device via a line pair in a charge mode and for transmitting data between the control unit and the position-measuring device via the line pair in a communication mode, comprising:

an energy storage device arranged in the position-measuring device, the energy storage device being chargeable by the line pair in the charge mode and adapted to supply energy to the position-measuring device in the communication mode;

a charge unit arranged in the control unit; and

a switching device arranged in the control unit and adapted to connect the charge unit to the line pair in a two-pole manner in the charge mode.

2. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a charge-control unit arranged in the charge unit; and

switch elements;

wherein the charge-control unit is adapted to actuate the switch element to output a voltage of a voltage source, for charging the energy storage device, with two polarities.

3. The device according to claim 2 , further comprising a zero-crossing detector arranged in the charge unit and adapted to determine a current zero crossing of the charge current and to signal the current zero crossing to the charge-control unit.

4. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a rectifier unit arranged in the position-measuring device, between the energy storage device and the line pair.

5. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising an evaluation unit arranged in the position-measuring device and adapted to detect an end of the charge mode by analyzing voltage levels or a time characteristic of signals between lines of the line pair.

6. A system, comprising:

a position-measuring device;

a control unit;

a line pair connected to the position-measuring device and to the control unit; and

a device adapted to transmit energy between the control unit and the position-measuring device via the line pair in a charge mode and to transmit data between the control unit and the position-measuring device via the line pair in a communication mode, including:

an energy storage device arranged in the position-measuring device, the energy storage device being chargeable by the line pair in the charge mode and adapted to supply energy to the position-measuring device in the communication mode;

a charge unit arranged in the control unit; and

a switching device arranged in the control unit and adapted to connect the charge unit to the line pair in a two-pole manner in the charge mode.

7. A method, comprising: for transmitting energy and data between a control unit and a position-measuring device via a line pair, comprising:

in a charge mode, transmitting energy between a control unit and a position-measuring device via a line pair;

in a communication mode, transmitting data between the control unit and the position-measuring device via the line pair;

in the charge mode, charging, via the line pair, an energy storage device provided in the position-measuring device;

in the communication mode, supplying energy to the position-measuring device;

in the charge mode, connecting a charge unit, provided in the control unit, to the line pair in a two-pole manner by a switching device.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising separating the line pair from the charge unit by the switching device at an end of the charge mode.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising actuating switching elements by a charge-control unit, arranged in the charge unit, to reverse, at least once in each charge state, a polarity of a charge voltage output by the charge unit to charge the energy storage device.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

detecting, by a zero-crossing detector arranged in the charge unit, a current zero crossing of a charge current triggered by the polarity reversal of the charge current; and

signaling the current zero crossing to the charge-control unit.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising detecting, by an evaluation unit arranged in the position-measuring device, an end of the charge mode by analyzing voltage levels or a time characteristic of signals between lines of the line pair.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2013
From: BEAURY, BERNHARD; HOFBAUER, HERMANN; MOOSHAMMER, MARKUS; STRASSER, ERICH; THIELICKE, ERNST; TONDORF, SEBASTIAN
To: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 205 802 · Apr 10, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130265000A1 · Oct 10, 2013