Strongly fail-safe interface based on concurrent checking

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PATENT NO 5586124
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08428228

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The present invention relates to a fail-safe control interface including branches for providing signals having a safe state or a non-safe state. Each branch comprises inputs for receiving at least two binary control signals (Si, Si*); a source of a non-safe state (Fe) connectable through a basic chain of elements (14, 15) to an output (Oi) when the control signals realize a predetermined combination; a concurrent checker (17) providing an error detection signal (g1, g2) if the inputs of a pair of its inputs are at predetermined states; and means (14*) for providing a first input of said pair of inputs with a signal corresponding to the state of said output and the second input of said pair of inputs with a signal corresponding to the output of a duplicate chain of the basic chain, this duplicate chain reacting like the basic chain in response to the control signals.

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IROC TECHNOLOGIES38025 GRENOBLE

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Nicolaidis, Michael Athens, GR 16 149

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