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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A sensor apparatus which can accurately detect a fault due to poor connection or the like at a connection portion between a sensor portion and a control portion. The sensor apparatus is provided with a sensor portion and a control portion which is electrically connected to the sensor portion via a power supply line, an output line and a ground line. The control portion includes a switch and the diagnosis circuit. The switch switches the power supply to the sensor portion to one of the power supply line and the output line. When the power is supplied to the output line, the diagnosis circuit measures current flowing from the output line to the ground line, and detects the fault by comparing the measured current with a reference voltage value.