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Circuit arrangement for a motor vehicle

  • US 6,745,144 B2
  • Filed: 05/25/2001
  • Issued: 06/01/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A circuit arrangement for a motor vehicle equipped with multiple functional modules, the circuit arrangement comprising:

  • a joint gateway;

    at least two bus systems through which said multiple functional modules are connected with the joint gateway;

    wherein said gateway includes a receiving channel for receiving data from and a transmitting channel for transmitting data to, respectively, each of said at least two bus systems;

    wherein said gateway further comprises testing instruments which monitor a successful transmission of data to a functional module of one of said bus systems and/or a successful reception of data from a functional module of one of said bus systems; and

    wherein said gateway also comprises blocking instruments which block the receiving channel of a particular one of said two bus systems if a transmission to a functional module of the particular one of said two bus systems was not successful and/or block the transmitting channel of the particular one of said two bus systems if the reception from a functional module of the particular one of said two bus systems was not successful.

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