The invention relates to the field of field devices, particularly to a
field device (100) designed for providing a sensor unit (300) with energy from a 2-wire network (200). The
field device (100) comprises: a first input terminal (210), configured for being connected to a first wire of the network (200); a second input terminal (220), configured for being connected to a second wire of the network (200); a first output terminal (180), configured for being connected to a first wire of the sensor unit (300); a second output terminal (190), configured for being connected to a second wire of the sensor unit (300); a
rectifier unit (105), whose first part is arranged between the first input terminal (210) and a first node (110) and whose second part is arranged between the second input terminal (220) and a second node (120), wherein the first node (110) is connected to the first output terminal (180); a current
measurement device (115), arranged between the second node (120) and a third node (130), for measuring a measured current (IM) between the second node (120) and the third node (130); a
voltage measurement device (125) for measuring a measured
voltage (VM) between the first node (110) and the second node (120); a first
semiconductor (140), arranged between the first node (110) and the third node (130) and configured for passing through a bypass current (IB) through the first
semiconductor (140), so that the measured current (IM), which is a sum of the bypass current (IB) and a load current (IL) through the sensor unit (300), comprises a two-part curve, with a negative linear current-
voltage-correlation in a lower voltage-section and a
constant current in an upper voltage-section; and a second
semiconductor (150), arranged between the third node (130) and the second output terminal (190).