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Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2003
Applicants:

Kohei Sakurai, Hitachi, JP;

Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Hitachi, JP;

Mitsuru Watabe, Urizura-machi, JP;

Shoji Sasaki, Hitachi, JP;

Katsuya Oyama, Hitachinaka, JP;

Inventors:

Kohei Sakurai, Hitachi, JP;

Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Hitachi, JP;

Mitsuru Watabe, Urizura-machi, JP;

Shoji Sasaki, Hitachi, JP;

Katsuya Oyama, Hitachinaka, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electrical control unit for an automobile of which standby current is smaller. In an electrical control unit for an automobile having a microcomputer, an input circuit, a driver circuit, and a power supply circuit, which is started by a wake-up signal from the circuit other than the ignition switch even when the ignition switch of the automobile is cut off, the microcomputer is started by shifting the power supply circuit from an inert state to an active state to generate the voltage for operating the microcomputer, and the predetermined processing is executed.


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