Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Toshiba Corporation

Yasuo Taguchi

Satoshi Nakao

Katsumi Nagano

Takasi Hachiga

Takashi Higuchi

An ignition detector circuit includes first and second resistors connected in series between a primary winding of a coil and the ground, a comparator having a first input terminal connected to the junction between first and second resistors and a second input terminal to which a reference voltage is applied, and a capacitor and a third resistor connected in parallel between the first input terminal of the comparator and the ground.

Ignition detector circuit

An ignition control device includes a signal generating circuit for generating an output signal which has a frequency corresponding to the rotation speed of an engine, a rotation speed indication voltage generating circuit for generating a voltage which has a level corresponding to the rotation speed of engine, a saw-tooth wave generating circuit for generating a saw-tooth wave signal which changes at a frequency corresponding to the output signal from the signal generating circuit and at a rate corresponding to the voltage applied from the rotation speed indication voltage generating circuit, and a control circuit for generating an ignition signal every time when the saw-tooth wave signal has reached a predetermined voltage. The ignition control device further includes a control circuit for comparing a reference voltage with the saw-tooth wave signal in response to an output signal from the signal generating circuit and controlling the voltage stored in the voltage generating circuit according to the difference between both input signals.

Ignition control device

A semiconductor integrated circuit is temperature compensated by circuit elements which may be integrated on a typical semiconductor chip. The elements may include resistances formed by different means to have different temperature coefficients so that the collective temperature coefficient of the resistances can be adjusted by changing the values of the resistances.

Semiconductor integrated circuit providing temperature compensation

An ignition coil energizing circuit is provided which has a signal generator for generating an output signal having a frequency corresponding to an engine rotational speed, a switching circuit connected to an ignition coil, a current detector for detecting a current flowing through the ignition coil, a duty control for supplying to the switching circuit a control signal having a duty cycle corresponding to a duty cycle of an output signal from the signal generator and controlling a conduction state of the switching circuit, and a current control circuit for controlling the switching circuit in response to an output signal generated from the current detector and maintaining a current flowing through the current detector at a predetermined value. The ignition coil energizing circuit also has a timer for generating an output signal when the switching circuit is detected to be on over a predetermined period of time and a current supply circuit for supplying a gradually increasing current to the current detector in response to an output signal of the timer.

Ignition coil energizing circuit

An ignition system for an internal combustion engine includes two power transistors respectively connected to opposite ends of the primary winding of an ignition coil to interrupt the primary currents which flow from a power source through the mid-tap of the primary winding. The two power transistors have emitters connected in common and a resistor is connected to the junction of this common connection to detect respective primary currents with the single resistor. A single current control circuit is provided to control the two power transistors in response to the detected respective primary currents.

Ignition system for internal combustion engines

Disclosed is an analog multiplexer in which a plurality of emitter follower differential amplifiers formed of several pairs of bipolar transistors connected in parallel with each other are connected in common to one terminal of a power source through a current mirror load circuit, and to the other terminal of the power source via a switch circuit and a constant-current source. The switch circuit is to connect the constant-current source selectively to the common conjunction of the emitters of each pair of emitter follower differential amplifiers.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yasuo Taguchi