Microcontroller having a computing unit and a logic circuit, and method for carrying out computations by a microcontroller for a regulation or a control in a vehicle

US8731737B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Felix Streichert · Ina, JP
• Tobias Lang · Stuttgart, DE
• Heiner Markert · Stuttgart, DE
• Axel Aue · Strohberg, DE
• Thomas Kruse · Stuttgart, DE
• Udo Schulz · Gießen, DE
• Thomas Richardsen · Gerlingen, DE
• Michael Saetzler · Stuttgart, DE
• Ulrich Schulmeister · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Nico Bannow · Stuttgart, DE
• Holger Ulmer · Ulm, DE
• Matthias Schreiber · Kleinglattbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2011
• Grant date: May 20, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02D41/2422
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A microcontroller having a computing unit and a logic circuit. The microcontroller carries out computations for a regulation or control in a vehicle. The computing unit is connected to the logic circuit, and the logic circuit has an arrangement for computing an exponential function and is configurable.