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Regulator or engine regulator, engine and a method for regulating an actuating or propulsion system and an engine

  • US 6,480,780 B1
  • Filed: 03/26/2001
  • Issued: 11/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An engine regulator, comprising:

  • two regulator channels, each one of the two regulator channels including at least two processor units, wherein in each regulator channel;

    one of the at least two processor units operates as a calculation unit for each safety-critical function in both of the two regulator channels in order to determine calculation results from at least some input data, and another one of the at least two processor units operates as a monitoring unit in order to compare the calculation results from the calculation unit firstly with a channel-internal estimate of correct results and secondly with corresponding channel-external results from a respective other of the two regulator channels.

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