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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Takashi Furui, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When an on-board power source is turned off, after a predetermined time has elapsed, a microcomputer writes predetermined data in a nonvolatile memory and when the on-board power source is turned on, the microcomputer judges whether the predetermined data is written in the nonvolatile memory or not. If the judgment shows that the predetermined data is not written in the nonvolatile memory the microcomputer determines a backup capacitor not to be working normally. The predetermined time is shorter than the operating time of the microcomputer determined by the discharge time of the backup capacitor when the backup capacitor is working normally, and is longer than the operating time of the microcomputer determined by the discharge time of the backup capacitor when the backup capacitor is not working normally.