2results about "Static coding" patented technology

The invention relates to a method for voltage encoding of switching states of a switching unit (12) which has at least three switching elements (14), wherein a circuit arrangement (10) has an input connection (22) for each of the switching elements (14), wherein the circuit arrangement (10) has a reduced number of output connections (28, 30) corresponding to the number of switching elements (14), and wherein the circuit arrangement (10) individually assigns exactly one combination of voltage levels at the output connections (28, 30) to each switched-on switching state of each switching element (14).According to the invention, each input terminal (22, 24, 26) is electrically coupled to each output terminal (28, 30) by means of a resistor network (32), wherein the resistor network (32) has a series connection of at least two measuring resistors (R4, R5, R8, R9) for each output terminal (28, 30), wherein a first series connection terminal (38, 42) is electrically coupled to exactly one respective output terminal (28, 30), and wherein second series connection terminals (40, 44) are electrically coupled to each other via a coupling resistor (R3, R7).

An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical device including a pair of opposing jaw members movable between an open jaw position and a closed jaw position, a main switch, a button configured to actuate the main switch, and a secondary switch configured to actuate based on the thickness of the grasped tissue. The system also includes an electrosurgical generator coupled to the electrosurgical device, the electrosurgical generator is configured to generate an electrosurgical output in response to actuation of the main switch and the secondary switch.