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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Ryoichi Oura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Mitsuhiko Watanabe, Odawara, JP;
Takuya Mayuzumi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A layer short-circuit of a switch element such as a FET included in an electromagnetic load circuit is detected to accurately perform a failure diagnosis of the electromagnetic load circuit. A failure diagnosis circuitis provided which detects a layer short-circuit in which a high-side switch element, a low-side switch element, or an electromagnetic load itself short-circuits with a power supply voltage terminal or a ground in a state of having a predetermined impedance to perform a failure diagnosis.