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EP0230637A1
EP0230637A1 EP86117866A EP86117866A EP0230637A1 EP 0230637 A1 EP0230637 A1 EP 0230637A1 EP 86117866 A EP86117866 A EP 86117866A EP 86117866 A EP86117866 A EP 86117866A EP 0230637 A1 EP0230637 A1 EP 0230637A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/665—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit
    • H01R13/6675—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit with built-in power supply

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  • the invention relates to a supply or adaptation circuit for supplying signal circuits via a multi-pole plug connection of a freely programmable control or a control system with at least one electronic module which carries part of the plug connection or for adapting the signal circuits to the inputs or outputs of this module.
  • control and control tasks that occur in practice are very diverse in nature and generally different in every application. As far as the diversity of the tasks to be solved allows, attempts are made to build the plants as far as possible out of standardized elements to minimize costs. However, compromises are inevitable.
  • a typical interface at which such compromises are required is, for example, the connection of the encoders and actuators integrated in the process to Outputs of electronic assemblies in the controls or substations of the control system.
  • the problem that arises here is on the one hand in the ver differed large signal amplitudes of the encoder.
  • the electronic modules are often designed without taking into account the various signal amplitudes of the sensors and without integrated supply for the sensors and actuators.
  • the system builder reserves the right to adapt the signal amplitudes of the encoders in each individual case to the inputs of the electronic modules, e.g. using load or shunt resistors, and to loop the connecting cables of the actuators and, if necessary, the encoders, via suitable supply voltage or supply current sources.
  • the connecting lines of the elements mentioned are usually guided on terminal strips which are arranged somewhere, for example in the switch cabinets containing the electronic modules or several such modules.
  • the connecting cables lead from the terminal strips to multi-pin plugs that are plugged onto the modules, often on the front.
  • the measures mentioned are quite complex and form a not inconsiderable cost factor in the project planning and creation of the control or the control system.
  • Fig. 1, 1 denotes an electronic assembly, which can be, for example, a printed circuit board that can be inserted into a rack for several such assemblies.
  • Module 1 is, for example, part of the electronics of a freely programmable controller or the electronics of a remote control substation of a control system investment.
  • the assembly 1 is provided on its front side with a multipole socket strip 2, on which a corresponding multipole plug 3 can be plugged.
  • Socket strip 2 and plug 3 form a plug connection via which connecting lines 4 are led by signal circuits which, for example, include encoders or actuators integrated in the process to be controlled.
  • FIG. 1 in FIG. 1 denotes a multi-pole adapter plug which can be inserted between the socket strip 2 and the plug 3.
  • Plug 3, intermediate plug 5 and socket strip 2 are shown in Fig. 1 in a detached state.
  • two adjacent pairs should each be assigned to a signal circuit.
  • the adapter plug 5 shown in Fig. 1 allows, for example, the connection of a common supply source in all signal circuits in a simple and rational manner.
  • the intermediate plug 5 Of the two poles of the plug-in connection 2, 3 or the intermediate plug 5, each of which belongs to a signal circuit, only one is plated through in the intermediate plug 5.
  • the plug contacts of the other pole that is, on the side of the intermediate connector 5 close to the plug 3, a socket and on the side close to the socket strip 2, each a plug pin, are guided within the intermediate plug 5 to four additional plug contacts 6 to 9 leading to the outside , wherein the sockets are connected to the additional plug contacts 7 and 8 and the plug pins to the additional plug contacts 6 and 9.
  • the supply source can be easily connected to the additional plug contacts 6 to 9.
  • the adapter plug 5 shown in Fig. 1 is designed such that it is in via the plug connection 2, 3 survives the inserted state.
  • the additional plug contacts 6 to 9 are guided outwards in its protruding area, the plug contacts 6 and 7 being designed as plug pins and the plug contacts 8 and 9 being designed as sockets.
  • the plug contacts 6 and 7 are arranged on the same side of the intermediate plug 5 as the plug pins of the poles.
  • the busbar is preferably arranged on the front side of a subrack 13 below the subassemblies which can be plugged into the subrack 13, as can be seen in FIG. 2.
  • the subrack 13 shown in FIG. 2 is not completely equipped with subassemblies. Only one of the modules shown is designated 1 for the rest of the modules.
  • An intermediate plug of the type shown in FIG. 1 and a plug 3 are plugged onto the socket strip 2 of this assembly 1.
  • the intermediate plug 5 is in FIG. 2 with invisible plug contacts corresponding to the plug contacts 6 and 7 of FIG. 1 in contact with two sockets of the busbar 12 corresponding to the sockets 10 and 11 of FIG. 1.
  • Such sockets are in the busbar 12 also provided below the socket strips of the other modules plugged into the subrack 13 or the spaces provided for them.
  • the adapter plug concept can basically be used for a wide range of different supply circuits and for adapting the voltage or current level of the signal circuits to the inputs or outputs of the modules.
  • 3 to 10 show some typical, frequently occurring supply or adaptation problems which can be solved elegantly in terms of circuitry using an intermediate connector.
  • 3 to 10 show circuit diagrams per se, but the line sections running within the dash-dotted line and the circuit elements shown therein are each to be spatially integrated in an adapter plug.
  • the line sections and circuit elements shown in the right-hand part of the figure should each be spatially arranged within an assembly, while those in the left-hand part of the figure should be arranged on the process side beyond the connector.
  • 3 to 10 only two signal circuits are shown, but these are only intended to be representative of a plurality of them.
  • FIG. 4 corresponds to FIG. 3 except for the fact that a connection to only one of the poles of the feed source is established by means of the intermediate plug.
  • the corresponding adapter plug would therefore only have the plug have contacts 6 or 9 of FIG. 1.
  • This type of connection is referred to as 1 1/2-pin.
  • the connection to the module remains 2-pin.
  • FIG. 6 also shows two command outputs, which, however, are subject to joint control by an external so-called GO relay which issues a pulse command.
  • the GO relay is connected 2-pin using the adapter plug. A frequently undesired arrangement of the GO relay on the module can be avoided by its simple connection option using the adapter plug.
  • a GO relay can be connected upstream of several modules using the busbar concept. In this case, the busbar represents a signal line. It should be noted here that in the adapter plug only plug contacts on its module side are connected to the additional plug contacts, while their corresponding plug contacts are not connected on the other side.
  • FIG. 7 shows on the process side a source, for example an active encoder, and an amplifier as a first sink within the modules.
  • Resistor elements integrated in the adapter plug are provided to adapt the source voltage to the amplifier. Poles of the adapter plug that are not occupied by the signal circuits can be used, for example, to connect a second sink, for example a recorder or the like.
  • a second sink for example a recorder or the like.
  • there are connections between its in the adapter plug Plug contacts on the process-related side are required, while their corresponding plug contacts on the module-side are not connected again.
  • the illustration is to be understood in such a way that the connecting lines of the second sinks are routed via the multi-pin plug.
  • FIG. 8 largely corresponds to FIG. 7, except that the source on the process side is a current source and the adapter plug contains a shunt resistor. As with Fig. 7, the connection of a second sink is shown. This can be short-circuited, for example, with a short-circuit plug that can be plugged into the adapter plug.
  • 9 and 10 show the adaptation of signal circuits with a voltage source or a current source in the assembly and sinks in the process.
  • the circuit elements in the adapter plug should be accessible and interchangeable so that the system builder has the option of individual adaptation.
  • the adapter plug can also be used to establish a connection between the inputs or outputs of at least two adjacent modules inserted in a rack. This is e.g. then necessary if the signal circuits have to be routed over two adjacent modules, each of which can be connected by means of a socket strip on its front.

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EP86117866A 1986-01-16 1986-12-22 Circuit d'alimentation ou d'adaptation Expired - Lifetime EP0230637B1 (fr)

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AT86117866T ATE61697T1 (de) 1986-01-16 1986-12-22 Speisungs- oder anpassungsschaltung.

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CA (1) CA1275488C (fr)
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DE3678145D1 (de) 1991-04-18
DK17887A (da) 1987-07-17
JP2505437B2 (ja) 1996-06-12
JPS62170179A (ja) 1987-07-27
CA1275488C (fr) 1990-10-23
DK17887D0 (da) 1987-01-14
US4789792A (en) 1988-12-06
EP0230637B1 (fr) 1991-03-13
NO870152D0 (no) 1987-01-14

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