Patent ID: 8489285

Claim:
A control device for triggering a personal protection arrangement for a vehicle, comprising: an energy reserve, which provides electrical energy for the triggering; and a control circuit; wherein: the control circuit: forms, from the electrical energy, at least one firing pulse for the triggering of the personal protection arrangement, a first firing pulse amplitude and a first firing pulse duration of the at least one firing pulse being dependent on the personal protection arrangement to be triggered; in a first time interval, specifies the at least one firing pulse at a second firing pulse amplitude and a second firing pulse duration; and in a second time interval following the first time interval, specifies the at least one firing pulse at a third firing pulse amplitude and a third firing pulse duration; the second firing pulse amplitude is greater than the third firing pulse amplitude; the second firing pulse duration is shorter than the third firing pulse duration; the first time interval is used for triggering a first personal protection arrangement; and the second time interval is used for triggering a second personal protection arrangement.