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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Futoshi Aida, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yukio Yasuda, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yusuke Naruse, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 11/00 (2006.01); F02P 5/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An internal combustion engine ignition device is provided in which an ECU () includes a pulse generation circuit () that outputs pulse signals (Igtand Igt) and an ion-signal detection/control circuit (), and a coil driver () includes a pulse detection circuit () that recognizes a signal received from the pulse generation circuit () and an ion-current detection circuit (); when the pulse signals are not outputted, an ion current is detected and a signal is outputted at the same line as a coil-driver input signal line.