Method and device for monitoring a first voltage value
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Abstract
A method for monitoring a first voltage value of a signal voltage that resides within a signal voltage range, is outputtable by an electronic component, and is recordable by a measuring device having an input voltage range that is smaller than the signal voltage range, a voltage divider transforming the signal voltage range into the input voltage range, a first voltage value being initially measured by the measuring device, a component having an electrical resistance being at least partially connected in parallel to the voltage divider; a second voltage value being subsequently measured by the measuring device, and the result of the monitoring being derived from the comparison of the first and second voltage values. In addition, a device having a voltage divider, switch means and a component having an electrical resistance, the component having an electrical resistance being connectable at least partially in parallel via the switch to the voltage divider.
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30 Claims
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16. A method for monitoring a first voltage value of a signal voltage that resides within a signal voltage range, is outputtable by an electronic component, and is recordable by a measuring device having an input voltage range that is smaller than the signal voltage range, a voltage divider transforming the signal voltage range into the input voltage range, the method comprising:
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initially measuring a first voltage value using the measuring device, a component having an electrical resistance being at least partially connected in parallel to the voltage divider; subsequently measuring a second voltage value using the measuring device; and monitoring by comparing the first voltage value and second voltage value. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A device comprising:
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a voltage divider; a switch; and a component having an electrical resistance; wherein the component having an electrical resistance is connectable at least partially in parallel via the switch to the voltage divider. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A motor vehicle having a device comprising:
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a voltage divider; a switch; and a component having an electrical resistance; wherein the component having an electrical resistance is connectable at least partially in parallel via the switch to the voltage divider.
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