Patent ID: 6397280
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A slave station for a bus system with one master station and at least two slave stations, the master station being electrically connected to the at least two slave station by bus lines, the slave station comprising:a first terminal and a second terminal, at least one of the bus lines being connected between the first terminal and the second terminal; a connecting switch, the at least one of the bus lines being interrupted when the connecting switch is opened; and an energy storage mechanism electrically coupled to the bus lines; wherein during initialization of the slave station, the connecting switch is opened and any downstream slave stations is electrically separated from the master station by the opened connecting switch and the energy storage mechanism is empty, and wherein the energy storage mechanism is chargeable by an electric voltage between the bus lines, and after charging the energy storage mechanism, the connecting switch is closed.