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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Masao Motonobu, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuiti Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsushi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Motonobu, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuiti Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsushi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrical load is supplied with power from a driving power source, and a microprocessor (CPU) controls the opening/closing current supply rate (duty factor) of an opening/closing element in accordance with target current and driving power source voltage so that open loop control is carried out to achieve predetermined target current. The voltage between both the ends of a current detecting resistor connected to the ground side of the opening/closing element is input as a monitoring voltage from a current detecting amplifying circuit portion through a multichannel AD converter to CPU. When the error between the comparison target voltage corresponding to the target current and the monitoring voltage is above a first permissible error, CPU judges that there is an abnormality sign, and if the error is above a larger second permissible error, CPU judges that there is appearing abnormality. Accordingly, an abnormality sign of a semi-wire-breaking/semi-short-circuit state of the electrical load can be sensed, and abnormality notification can be carried out.