Siemens Vdo Automotive Corporation

Jérome Trescazes

Frédéric Galtier

Bertrand Danet

The invention relates to a method for determining the energy (KNKE) of the knock of an internal combustion engine, using an analog signal supplied by a sensor fixed to the engine. The inventive method includes the following steps: a) the analog signal is shaped, b) the analog signal is converted into a sequence of digital samples, c) the signal is subjected to digital filtering, and d) the signal is adjusted and e) integrated. According to the method: i) the shaping of the analog signal includes combining the signal with a continuous component (Vcnf) adapted to render the shaped signal a positive signal or a zero signal, and ii) the digital filtering is carried out by a band-pass filter with an infinite impulse response, the transfer function thereof including a zero for the zero frequencies.

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