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Electromagnetic valve driving circuit

US8599530B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2011
Grant dateDec 3, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D2041/2058
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an electromagnetic valve driving circuit capable of reducing a load of a booster circuit. A boost driving FET 202 is connected to a route formed between the booster circuit 100 and a first terminal of an injector 3. A battery-side driving FET 212 and a battery protection diode Db are connected to a route formed between a positive-polarity side of a power supply and the first terminal of the injector 3. A freewheeling diode Df is connected at a first terminal thereof to a portion between the first terminal of the injector 3 and the battery protection diode Db, and at a second terminal thereof to a grounding side of the power supply. An injector downstream-side driving FET 220 is connected to a route formed between the second terminal of the injector 3 and the grounding side of the power supply. In addition to operating the FETs 202, 212, and 220 according to a level of a current which flows through the injector 3, a control circuit 240 activates the battery-side driving FET 212 during a period in which the boost driving FET 202 repeatedly turns on and off a plurality of times.

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