Abstract: An SMD-solderable component comprises a resistance element, a first contact element, and a second contact element, wherein the first contact element is connected with a first end section of the resistance element by means of a first soldered connection and the second contact element is connected with a second end section of the resistance element by means of a second soldered connection. At least one of the first soldered connection and the second soldered connection is a lead-free soldered connection that is made with a lead-free solder preform. Further disclosed is a method for producing an SMD-solderable component.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic unit including at least one component and a printed circuit board, wherein the at least one component has at least one terminal, wherein the printed circuit board has at least one first contact surface and at least one second contact surface, wherein the at least one first contact surface and the at least one second contact surface are spaced apart from one another, wherein the at least one terminal is joined to the at least two contact surfaces by at least one solder joint. The present disclosure further relates to a method for testing at least one state of an electronic unit.

Abstract: An intrinsically safe field device of automation technology comprises connection terminals via which a current can be supplied; a sensor element and/or actuator element; field device electronics with a current path between the connection terminals and a voltage regulator incorporated into the current path; and an explosion protection unit comprising at least two controllable switching elements, incorporated into the current path in series, and two threshold value circuits designed such that a first threshold value circuit controls a first switching element as a function of a first threshold value, and a second threshold value circuit controls a second switching element as a function of a second threshold value, such that, upon the first and/or second threshold value being reached, the current is limited to the first and/or second threshold value, and the threshold value circuits are connected in parallel to the voltage regulator.

Abstract: An automation field device for use in a potentially explosive area comprises: two connecting terminals for connecting a two-wire line via which a current can be supplied; a sensor and/or actuator element for capturing and/or setting a process variable; a field device electronic system connected to the connecting terminals and designed to provide a power supply for the field device on the basis of the supplied current and also to transmit or receive, by means of the two-wire line, the process variable captured by means of the sensor element and/or a process variable to be set by the actuator element; and an explosion protection unit incorporated in a current path between the two connecting terminals to limit a possible short-circuit current and which comprises the at least two diodes in series and at least one resistor connected in parallel to the at least two diodes.

Abstract: An automation field device comprises a first, a second, and a third connection pin; and a field device electronics designed to be operated either in a two-conductor mode or in a three-conductor mode. The field device electronics have an energy supply unit designed to provide internal energy supply exclusively by means of the fed current in the two-conductor mode. In the three-conductor mode, an additional auxiliary current is to be fed to the field device electronics via an additional single-wire line connected to the third connection pin, and the energy supply unit is also designed to provide the internal energy supply via the fed current and the fed additional auxiliary current. Furthermore, the field device electronics are designed to use the additionally fed auxiliary current for internal energy supply only if the current fed by means of the two-wire line is not sufficient for the internal energy supply.

Abstract: Disclosed is a field device electronics for a field device of automation engineering, comprising: first and second terminals for connecting the field device electronics to a cable for an electrical input current to the field device electronics; a series regulator to set the input current; a shunt regulator following the series regulator; a first capacitance connected in parallel with the shunt regulator for energy storage; a supply circuit connected in parallel with the shunt regulator and the first capacitance for providing an operating voltage; and connected after the supply circuit and supplied by the operating voltage, a control unit adapted to register a buffer voltage lying across the first capacitance, based on the registered buffer voltage, to make a decision concerning at least one part of the field device electronics.

Abstract: An SMD-solderable component comprises a resistance element, a first contact element, and a second contact element, wherein the first contact element is connected with a first end section of the resistance element by means of a first soldered connection and the second contact element is connected with a second end section of the resistance element by means of a second soldered connection. At least one of the first soldered connection and the second soldered connection is a lead-free soldered connection that is made with a lead-free solder preform. Further disclosed is a method for producing an SMD-solderable component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mechanical connecting especially of a potting frame to a printed circuit board of an electrical/electronic module. The potting frame includes a metal contact area. The printed circuit board includes a surface area structured metallically corresponding to the contact area. The method includes positioning the mechanical component with the contact area facing the corresponding surface area, and soldering the mechanical component to the printed circuit board via the contact area and the surface area. The method the advantage that a material saving encapsulation can be provided for electrical/electronic modules in explosion endangered regions. An additional process step for mechanical connecting of the encapsulation to the printed circuit board can be omitted, since the mechanical connecting of the potting frame can be performed in one process step together with the soldering of the additional electrical/electronic components to the printed circuit board.

Abstract: Disclosed is a field device electronics for a field device of automation engineering, comprising: first and second terminals for connecting the field device electronics to a cable for an electrical input current to the field device electronics; a series regulator to set the input current; a shunt regulator following the series regulator; a first capacitance connected in parallel with the shunt regulator for energy storage; a supply circuit connected in parallel with the shunt regulator and the first capacitance for providing an operating voltage; and connected after the supply circuit and supplied by the operating voltage, a control unit adapted to register a buffer voltage lying across the first capacitance, based on the registered buffer voltage, to make a decision concerning at least one part of the field device electronics.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an explosion resistant electronic module having a high-speed interface and a method for electronic contacting of such electronic module via such interface. The electronic module includes an electronic component, an electrical contact area for electrical contacting the electronic component and an encapsulation, which encapsulates at least the electrical contact area. The encapsulation is embodied such that the contact area is contactable through the encapsulation by an electrical contact pin, wherein the encapsulation is filled at least in a portion with a self-healing gelatinous potting compound, which enables the encapsulation to be re-sealed after removal of the contact pin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mechanical connecting especially of a potting frame to a printed circuit board of an electrical/electronic module. The potting frame includes a metal contact area. The printed circuit board includes a surface area structured metallically corresponding to the contact area. The method includes positioning the mechanical component with the contact area facing the corresponding surface area, and soldering the mechanical component to the printed circuit board via the contact area and the surface area. The method the advantage that a material saving encapsulation can be provided for electrical/electronic modules in explosion endangered regions. An additional process step for mechanical connecting of the encapsulation to the printed circuit board can be omitted, since the mechanical connecting of the potting frame can be performed in one process step together with the soldering of the additional electrical/electronic components to the printed circuit board.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an explosion resistant electronic module having a high-speed interface and a method for electronic contacting of such electronic module via such interface. The electronic module includes an electronic component, an electrical contact area for electrical contacting the electronic component and an encapsulation, which encapsulates at least the electrical contact area. The encapsulation is embodied such that the contact area is contactable through the encapsulation by an electrical contact pin, wherein the encapsulation is filled at least in a portion with a self-healing gelatinous potting compound, which enables the encapsulation to be re-sealed after removal of the contact pin.

Abstract: A field device has a housing providing EMC-protection. The housing includes a conductive housing core, which is surrounded on all sides by a non-conductive housing jacket secured thereon by force-interlocking, e.g. frictional interlocking, or by material bonding. At least one electrically conductive barrier is placed on and connected with an electrically conducting region of the housing core and divides the interior of the housing into at least two chambers with different degrees of EMC-protection. The barrier contains a passageway, with which at least a first electronic circuit and a second electronic circuit, which are located in different chambers, are contacted with one another.

Abstract: A field device has a housing providing EMC-protection. The housing includes a conductive housing core, which is surrounded on all sides by a non-conductive housing jacket secured thereon by force-interlocking, e.g. frictional interlocking, or by material bonding. At least one electrically conductive barrier is placed on and connected with an electrically conducting region of the housing core and divides the interior of the housing into at least two chambers with different degrees of EMC-protection. The barrier contains a passageway, with which at least a first electronic circuit and a second electronic circuit, which are located in different chambers, are contacted with one another.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for the protection of at least one component of a two wire electrical current loop, which is connected in series with a burden to an AC/DC electrical current source. The two wire electrical current loop has a rectifier a clock signal producer and a switch. The rectifier forms a DC circuit, wherein the component is connected in the DC circuit and wherein the clock signal producer outputs a clock signal to the switch for clocking the DC circuit. The circuit arrangement has a diode, wherein the conduction direction of the diode points from the anode of the diode to the cathode of the diode. The cathode of the diode is connected to the DC circuit, and the anode of the diode is supplied with a periodic or constant voltage from a first voltage source, and the voltage is at least periodically greater than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for the protection of at least one component 3 of a two wire electrical current loop, which is connected in series with a burden 1 to an AC/DC electrical current source 16, wherein the two wire electrical current loop has a rectifier 2, a clock signal producer 9 and a switch 3, wherein the rectifier 2 forms a DC circuit 12, wherein the switch 3 is connected in the DC circuit 12 and wherein the clock signal producer 9 outputs a clock signal T to the switch 3 for clocking the DC circuit 12, characterized in that the circuit arrangement has a diode 4, wherein the conduction direction of the diode 4 points from the anode KN of the diode 4 to the cathode KA of the diode 4, the cathode KA of the diode 4 is connected to the DC circuit 12, the anode KN of the diode 4 is supplied with a periodic or constant voltage from a first voltage source 6a, and the voltage is at least periodically greater than a predetermined threshold value S.

Abstract: A measuring device, comprising: an input circuit having a supply line and a return line. Energy supply occurs over a line-pair. Input voltage is applied to the measuring device via the line pair. A series regulator for controlling an electrical current flowing via the line-pair, a shunt regulator installed in a parallel branch, and an apparatus for controlling a voltage drop across the series regulator are provided.

Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a process variable, comprising: an input circuit having a supply line and a return line, connectable to a superordinated unit. Energy supply of the measuring device and signal transmission, between the measuring device and a superordinated unit occurs over a line-pair. Input voltage is applied to the measuring device via the line pair. A series regulator installed in the supply line for controlling an electrical current flowing via the line-pair, a shunt regulator connected after the series regulator and installed in a parallel branch, and an apparatus for controlling a voltage drop across the series regulator are provided. The apparatus sets the voltage drop across the series regulator as a function of the applied input voltage, which is greater than a predetermined minimum input voltage, to a value predetermined by a characteristic curve for the particular input voltage and lying above a minimum value required for operation of the series regulator.

Abstract: In a method for safe transmission of data of a field device of process automation technology via a fieldbus, the transmission signal is registered as a check signal in the field device during the transmission. Analysis of the check signal, on the basis of data content or signal form, detects whether the desired data were transmitted properly.

Abstract: In a variable field device for use in automation systems, which has a microprocessor for running a control program, and a serial fieldbus interface for communicating with a fieldbus, a parallel communication interface CI is provided as an additional interface, in the form of a standard insertion bay for different interface modules.