摘要:
A method of detecting an abnormal electric current in a vehicle to detect passage of an abnormal electric current through an electric wire for establishing the connection between a load to which electric power is supplied and a power source, the method of detecting an abnormal electric current in a vehicle comprising the steps of: (a) detecting values of electric currents which pass through the electric wire at predetermined sampling intervals; (b) counting the number of times in a unit detection period that a sampled electric current having a value larger than a predetermined value is detected and determining passage of an abnormal electric current through the electric wire when the number of counts is larger than a first number of times; and (c) counting the number of times that a sampled electric current having a value larger than the predetermined value is detected in a unit detection period after the unit detection period in terms of time in a case where the number of counts is smaller than the first number of times and except for zero and determining passage of an abnormal electric current through the electric wire when the number of counts is larger than a second number of times.
摘要:
An amplifier includes a PWM converter that carries out pulse width modulation on differential input signals to generate differential PWM signals by comparing the differential input signals with sawtooth or triangular reference signal, and a power amplifier that carries out power amplification of the differential PWM signals to generate differential output signals. The power amplifier has a driver that drives a load with differential driving signals, a controller that sets a dead time in the differential driving signals to prevent current flow between power supply and ground terminals of the driver circuit, and a pre-delay compensator that generates the differential driving signals based on the differential PWM signals and sends the differential driving signals to the controller. The differential driving signals generated by the pre-delay compensator includes a pulse width for compensating for the dead time that is to be set in the differential driving signals by the controller.
摘要:
The analog-to-digital converting circuit apparatus of the invention is intended to realize both low voltage operation and high speed operation of an analog-to-digital converting circuit without impairing the precision characteristic. In plural boosting circuits, voltages higher than each supply voltage are generated. These plural boosting circuits are controlled as the control timing is sequentially shifted by the controller. The boosted voltages delivered from the plural boosting circuits are accumulated in the capacitor, and supplied into the analog-to-digital converter. In the analog-to-digital converter, at the timing other than the changeover timing of the converting action of the analog-to-digital converter, the plural boosting circuits are changed over sequentially, and the boosted voltages are converted from analog to digital values.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes an MCU, reset circuit and reset input circuit. The reset circuit resets the MCU in response to a reset signal input to a reset terminal. The reset input circuit eliminates an electromagnetic disturbance noise input to the reset terminal, permits only a signal having an effective pulse width to pass therethrough, forms an internal reset signal of a pulse width required for the reset operation according to the signal, and supplies the same to the reset circuit. The reset input circuit includes an analog delay circuit, delay latch group, effective pulse width detection circuit and waveform forming circuit. The analog delay circuit eliminates a noise of a period shorter than the effective pulse width from the reset signal. The delay latch group sequentially samples an output signal of the analog delay circuit. The effective pulse width detection circuit determines whether or not the reset signal has an effective pulse width in response to an output signal of the delay latch group. The waveform forming circuit receives an output signal of the effective pulse width detection circuit, and when it is detected that the reset signal has the effective pulse width, it forms an internal reset signal having a necessary pulse width from the reset signal.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, an amplification circuit can be switched between amplifying and calibration modes. During calibration, a preamplifier amplifies a differential input signal and generates a differential output signal. The amplifier circuit includes an input switch unit which sets a differential input signal as the reference voltage signal of the same voltage level at the time of calibration, a PWM conversion unit which carries out Pulse-Width-Modulation of the differential output signal, and generates a differential PWM signal based on the result of comparing the differential output signal with the reference signal, a calibration unit which generates an offset adjustment signal according to the phase difference of differential PWM signals, and an electric amplifier which carries out electric power amplification of the differential PWM signal and generates the differential final output signal.
摘要:
In an A/D converter, three capacitors are connected to a comparator. The A/D converter also includes three switching circuits that each input a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage, and a third reference voltage in the three capacitors. A control circuit selects at least two of the three switching circuits during a charging period of stray capacitance of each of the capacitors. The control circuit turns on one of the switching devices in the selected switching circuits simultaneously, and during a comparing period by the comparator, selects one of the three capacitors for each comparison, and selects another capacitor in the next comparison.
摘要翻译:在A / D转换器中,三个电容连接到比较器。 A / D转换器还包括三个开关电路,每个开关电路在三个电容器中输入第一参考电压,第二参考电压和第三参考电压。 在每个电容器的寄生电容的充电期间,控制电路选择三个开关电路中的至少两个。 控制电路同时接通选择的开关电路中的一个开关器件,并且在比较器的比较期间,为每个比较选择三个电容器中的一个,并在下一个比较中选择另一个电容器。
摘要:
A mute circuit has a resistor net configured to include a plurality of resistors connected in cascade between two reference voltage terminals, the resistor net being capable of outputting one of divided voltages from between the adjacent resistors, a selecting circuit configured to control selection of the divided voltage outputted from the resistor net based on logic of a selecting signal, a signal propagation determining circuit configured to monitor a voltage level of the divided voltage selected by the selecting circuit using an alternating test signal, and determine whether a signal indicating the monitored result propagates or not at the same cycle as that of the test signal, a memory circuit configured to store data corresponding to an output signal of the signal propagation determining circuit in association with the selecting signal, a first switching circuit configured to switch whether a DC blocking capacitor is charged or not according to the divided voltage outputted from between specific resistors in the resistor net, a second switching circuit configured to switch whether different reference voltages or the same reference voltages is applied to the two reference voltage terminals, and a switch controlling circuit configured to shut off a charge path to the DC blocking capacitor until a result of determination by the signal propagation determining circuit is obtained, select the divided voltage by the selecting circuit based on the data stored in the memory circuit and charge the DC blocking capacitor by switching the first switching circuit after the result of determination by the signal propagation determining circuit has been obtained, and stop charging the DC blocking capacitor by switching the first switching circuit after the output signal of the signal propagation determining circuit becomes steady.
摘要:
There is provided a successive approximation A/D converter circuit for correcting an error generated in an A/D conversion code due to parasitic resistance of a D/A conversion circuit, on a semiconductor chip. A switch for performing a switching operation between a sampling period and a comparing period, and first and second level shift circuits constituted of a plurality of condensers, are provided between a D/A conversion circuit and a voltage comparing circuit. The first level shift circuit applies a voltage for correcting a voltage drop due to the parasitic resistance of the D/A conversion circuit to the plurality of condensers to evenly correct the errors generated in the D/A conversion voltage independently of the D/A conversion code. The second level shift circuit applies a voltage for correcting a voltage drop due to the parasitic resistance of the D/A conversion circuit to the plurality of condensers to perform an offset full-scale correction for correcting the errors generated in the D/A conversion voltage per bit of the D/A conversion code in a successive comparing process. It is possible to correct the error generated in the A/D conversion code on the semiconductor chip by combining the offset correction using the first and second level shift circuits and the offset full-scale correction.
摘要:
In a semiconductor relay system for supply a power source to a lamp load under the on/off control by a microcomputer using a semiconductor relay, a method of cutting off a circuit under an overcurrent, a first prescribed value is which is a current value higher than a rated load current for the load and a maximum current value supplied to the lamp load, and a second prescribed value is set which is a current value between said first prescribed value and said rated current value; the current value flowing through the lamp load is sampled at predetermined time intervals and comparing the current value thus sampled with the second prescribed value; and when a higher current than said first prescribed value flows through the lamp load, the current supplied to the lamp load is controlled within a prescribed range between said first prescribed value and said second prescribed value, and when the sampled current value higher that said second prescribed value is counted by a prescribed number of times, the sampled current is decided as an overcurrent thereby cutting off the semiconductor relay to stop the current supply to said lamp load.
摘要:
A remote starter starts a driving mechanism in a vehicle from the outside through a command signal from a transmitter. A remote start releaser releases a remote drive state of the driving mechanism and converts it to an ordinary driving state. The presence of an operation to mechanisms in the vehicle is detected. The driving mechanism is stopped when the driving mechanism is in the remote drive state and the presence of an operation to mechanisms is detected. The theft of a vacant vehicle is thereby prevented.