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- Patent Title: Input and output apparatus provided with microcomputer powered from DC-DC converter and configured to operate on clock signal
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Application No.: US16364798Application Date: 2019-03-26
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Publication No.: US11106234B2Publication Date: 2021-08-31
- Inventor: Takashi Hanai
- Applicant: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-pref.
- Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-pref.
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2018-057480 20180326
- Main IPC: G06F1/08
- IPC: G06F1/08 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M3/00

Abstract:
An input/output apparatus for a PLC includes at least first and second sub-systems. In each sub-system, a DC-DC converter controls a voltage of an external power supply to a target voltage by switching a PWM signal, and a microcomputer is driven by a clock signal. In the microcomputer, a PWM signal generating unit generates the PWM signal and a frequency analyzing unit samples an inputted voltage at a cycle shorter than a cycle of the PWM signal, and analyzes the frequency of the inputted voltage. The frequency analyzing unit acquires a frequency of the PWM signal from the frequency of the inputted voltage, calculates a frequency of the clock signal, and outputs an abnormality-notifying signal when the frequency of the clock signal falls outside a prescribed range. An output voltage of the DC-DC converter of the first sub-system is inputted to the frequency analyzing unit of the second sub-system.
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