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Electronic control device

US10833688B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2018
Grant dateNov 10, 2020
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/12
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An inexpensive electronic control device is implemented that enables a power supply voltage supplied to a microcomputer to be varied using a simple method and that enables an identical power supply to be adapted to various microcomputers. A switch is turned on to determine the value of a discrete resistor, and a voltage based on the value of current from a current source and the resistance value of the discrete resistor is caused in an In1 terminal. By an A/D converter, the In1 terminal voltage is subjected to A/D conversion, and a digital code corresponding to the selectively connected discrete resistor is detected. The result of the A/D conversion is saved in a register, and the determination of the resistance value of the discrete resistor performed by the A/D converter is completed. After the completion of the resistance value determination performed by the A/D converter, power supply voltages start activation. The core voltage activates to secure a voltage corresponding to a reference voltage set by the register and thereby a desired power supply is completed.

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