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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1994
Thomas D Cook, Kokomo, IN (US);
Manuel R Fairchild, Kokomo, IN (US);
Kenneth D Mowery, Noblesville, IN (US);
Jeffrey R Scott, Kokomo, IN (US);
Delco Electronics Corporation, Kokomo, IN (US);
Abstract
An engine knock control system that can be digitally reconfigured to operate in different knock signal processing modes. The system includes a knock detection circuit that processes an incoming knock signal produced by a vibration or pressure sensor on the engine. The circuit includes a plurality of circuit devices that are capable of being interconnected in different circuit topology configurations to thereby process the knock signal in a selected one of a plurality of different modes. The circuit includes hardware and software for forming a selected interconnection configuration of the circuit devices in response to a coded data signal input to the circuit.