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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2008
Applicant:
Hiromitsu Onoda, Toyohashi, JP;
Inventor:
Hiromitsu Onoda, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An A/D converter performs successive A/D conversion operations that are synchronized with respective periods of an externally supplied clock signal. A set of output digital data produced from the A/D converter, following each A/D conversion, is acquired a plurality of times in succession within an interval that extends to the start of the next A/D conversion operation. If identical sets of data are not obtained in the successive acquisitions, then it is determined that there is failure of the A/D converter due to loss of the external clock signal.