Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Fujitsu Ten Limited

Sandisk Technologies Inc.

Keisuke Tsukamoto

Takao Fukuma

Toshio Takaoka

Kiyotaka Matsuno

Hirofumi Yamasaki

Masaomi Nagase

Fumiaki Kobayashi

Kiyoshi Yagi

Yoshiyasu Ito

Mikio Kizaki

Yoshiyasu Itou

Nagase Masaomi

In an integrated-circuit memory, performance is increased by reducing an electrical contact resistance between a metal layer and an upper poly layer (a control gate poly). The electrical contact resistance is reduced by increasing the thickness of a silicide layer between the metal layer and the upper poly layer. The memory has a memory cell region and a non-memory cell region. The thickness of the silicide layer is typically restricted by consideration of integrated-circuit fabrication geometry for each memory cell not to exceed a predetermined aspect ratio. The present implementation allows independent optimization of the thickness of silicide layer in the memory cells region and the non-memory cell region. In particular, in the non-memory cell region, a thicker silicide layer significantly improves the contact resistance of a slit contact for components having the upper poly layer in contact with a lower poly layer (a floating gate poly).

Non-volatile memory having individually optimized silicide contacts and process therefor

A vehicular abnormality diagnosing apparatus that diagnoses an abnormality regarding a connection state of a pair of members that are mounted in a vehicle and connected together, includes a detecting portion that outputs, as an output signal, a first detection signal when the pair of members are in a normal connected state, and a second detection signal when the pair of members are in a state other than the normal connected state; a counting portion that counts at least one of the number of times that the output signal changes from the first detection signal to the second detection signal and the number of times that the output signal changes from the second detection signal to the first detection signal, as an output signal fluctuation count; and a determining portion that determines that there is an abnormality in the connection state when an abnormality determining condition including a condition that the output signal fluctuation count during a predetermined period be equal to or greater than a predetermined count is satisfied.

Vehicular abnormality diagnosing apparatus

A lean burn internal combustion engine has a basic fuel injection amount calculated and multiplied by a lean correction factor, the resulting amount controls the air fuel ratio of the engine. The lean correction multiplied by factor is calculated from a first map based on intake pressure and engine speed. However, when the degree of opening of the throttle valve is larger than a predetermined value, a second correction map based on the degree of opening of the throttle valve and engine speed is used to obtain the lean correction factor. When the second correction map is employed, an ignition timing map based on the degree of opening of the throttle valve and engine speed is used to obtain an ignition timing; instead of the usual ignition timing, based on intake pressure and engine speed.

Lean burn internal combustion engine

An air-fuel ratio control device for an engine, by which the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine is changed. The device set the air-fuel ratio to a lean mixture when the engine load is lower than a set load value and predetermined set speed, and when the engine load become higher than the set load value, or the engine speed exceeds the set speed, the device switches the air-fuel ratio from a lean mixture to a rich mixture to obtain higher engine output. The set load value is varied in accordance with the engine speed such that it is reduced as the engine speed is increased.

Air-fuel ratio control device for an engine

An air-fuel ratio control device for an vehicle engine, by which the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture supplied to a vehicle engine is changed. The device sets the air-fuel ratio to a lean mixture when the engine coolant temperature is higher than a predetermined value and the vehicle speed is higher than a value determined by a time elapsed after engine startup.

Air-fuel ratio control device for a vehicle engine

An air-fuel ratio control device comprising a memory which stores the relationship between the degree of opening of the throttle valve and the absolute pressure in the intake passage, which pressure is produced when the engine is in a cruising state. When a difference between the blunt value of the actual absolute pressure in the intake passage and the absolute pressure stored in the memory exceeds a fixed value, the air-fuel mixture is changed from the mixture for the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio to a lean mixture.

Air-fuel ratio control device of an internal combustion engine

A lean burn internal combustion engine wherein a basic fuel amount is calculated from a map based on the intake pressure and the engine speed, and a lean correction factor, which is multiplied by the basic fuel amount, is calculated from a lean map based on the intake pressure and engine speed. A second lean map based on the throttle opening and engine speed is provided for obtaining a lean correction factor when the degree of opening of the throttle valve is larger than a predetermined value. A lean sensor is provided for obtaining a signal indicating the air fuel ratio for carrying out a feedback control. The lean sensor is provided with a heater for controlling the temperature of the sensing element of the heater. A basic map for the heater power, which is based on the intake pressure and engine speed, is provided, and a correction map for the heater power is provided for reducing the heater power from the value obtained from the basic map when the lean map based on the intake pressure and engine speed is employed for obtaining the lean air-fuel mixture, to prevent thermal damage to the sensor element.

In an internal combustion engine, a vibration period and a vibration amplitude are measured and the detected vibration period is compared with a natural vibration period prestored in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle. If the detected vibration period is equal to the natural vibration period under the driving condition at which the vibration period is detected, it is determined that surging due to a torque variation of the engine is occurring. In this condition, the torque variation is controlled to be a predetermined value by increasing an air-fuel ratio or decreasing an amount of EGR when the detected vibration amplitude is smaller than a predetermined value, and the torque variation is controlled to a predetermined value by decreasing an air-fuel ratio or increasing an amount of EGR when the detected vibration amplitude is larger than a predetermined value, and accordingly, the driveability and emission rate are improved.

Method and apparatus for controlling torque variations in an internal

A device for determining an activated condition of the oxygen sensor of a lean sensor for an electric-controlled fuel injection internal combustion engine. When the engine is under a fuel cut operation, the output level from the oxygen sensor is compared with a first predetermined threshold level or with a second predetermined threshold level which is lower than the first threshold level. A determination of the activated condition of the oxygen sensor is obtained when the output level from the oxygen once exceeds the higher first level, or when the output level from the oxygen sensor consecutively exceeds the higher first level twice, whereby a positive and quick determination of the activated condition of the oxygen sensor can be obtained.

Device for determining activated condition of an oxygen sensor

An air-fuel ratio control system in an internal combustion engine, whereby an acceleration condition is detected to obtain an enrichment correction of a fuel injection amount. An occurrence of a mild acceleration is detected by calculating a value of a rate of change in a parameter of an engine load, such as a degree of opening of a throttle value, between adjacent timings, accumulating values of the rate of change of the engine load parameter during a sampling period, and comparing the accumulated value with a predetermined threshold value.

Apparatus for controlling an air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion

According to the present invention, when means is provided for correcting a shift in phase of an engine rotation pulse and a dispersion in responses of an electromagnetic spill valve, and a control signal to a fuel injection pump is corrected in response to an output from the correcting means, if abnormality of output from the correcting means is detected, then the control signal to the fuel injection pump is corrected by use of a fixed valve. As a consequence, even when the output from the correcting means is abnormal, neither excessively large nor excessively small correction is performed and the running at the lowest level can be made, preventing the diesel smoke from being deteriorated and the engine from being damaged.

Method and device for correcting a fuel injection quantity in a diesel

In effecting individual cylinder fuel injection quantity control in an electronically controlled diesel engine, wherein rpm variation with every explosion cylinder is detected, and a fuel injection quantity spill control actuator is controlled with every cylinder so as to eliminate a dispersion in rpm variation between the cylinders, so that engine vibrations due to the dispersion in fuel injection quantity between the cylinders can be reduced, timing of a control command to the fuel injection quantity spill control actuator is determined in accordance with engine speed and engine load to avoid both a delay in control to a cylinder to be corrected and interference with the injection of fuel to a cylinder immediately before the cylinder to be corrected, and a control command for every cylinder is given to the fuel injection quantity spill control actuator at the determined timing.

Method of controlling individual cylinder fuel injection quantities in

In determining an optimum target fuel ignition timing in accordance with the engine operating conditions, including at least an engine load and an engine speed, the target ignition timing is determined on the basis of a corrected engine load and a corrected engine speed. The corrected engine load and corrected engine speed are obtained by making corrections, according to the engine operating conditions, to a detected engine load and a detected engine speed, respectively. In this way, the optimum target fuel ignition timing according to the engine operating conditions can be obtained without directly detecting a fuel injection quantity.

Method and system for controlling fuel ignition timing in diesel engine

In controlling a time period of energization of a high pressure electromagnetic valve (50) in accordance with a target value of a fuel injection quantity determined from at least an engine speed (Ne) and an engine load, when a target indicated value (theta) of the time period of energization determined from at least the engine speed and the engine load is lower than a zero indicated value (theta.sub.0) of the time period of energization when the fuel injection quantity becomes zero, which is determined from the engine speed, the energization of the high pressure electromagnetic valve is cut off. Therefore, the duty cycle of the high pressure electromagnetic valve is decreased thereby increasing the reliability of the valve. In addition, fuel is reliably cut off when the fuel injection quantity is 0 mm.sup.3 /st thus avoiding fuel leakage and preventing the generation of white exhaust smoke. Fuel economy can therefore be improved.

Method and device for controlling energization of high pressure

In determining the maximum injection timing most suitable for the time when the fuel injection reaches the maximum quantity at least as commensurate to an engine speed and an intake air pressure, the basic maximum injection timing most suitable for the time when the fuel injection reaches the maximum quantity under the atmospheric pressure as commensurate to an engine speed, and the basic maximum injection timing is corrected at least by an intake air pressure to provide the maximum injection timing, so that the maximum injection timing can be directly determined from an engine speed and an intake air pressure without determining the basic maximum injection quantity and the maximum injection quantity.

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Keisuke Tsukamoto