Control system of internal combustion engine

A control system of an internal combustion engine comprising:

• an air-fuel ratio sensor which is provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and configured to detect an exhaust air-fuel ratio;
• and an electronic control unit (ECU) including a computer and a processor for executing programs stored in memory of the computer, the ECU configured to control the internal combustion engine in accordance with an output of said air-fuel ratio sensor,
• wherein said air-fuel ratio sensor is configured so that an applied voltage, when an output current becomes zero, changes in accordance with the exhaust air-fuel ratio, and the ECU is further configured so that when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, in response to the applied voltage increasing at said air-fuel ratio sensor, the output current of the air-fuel ratio sensor increases, and
• wherein the ECU is further configured to fix the voltage applied to said air-fuel ratio sensor to a constant voltage when said air-fuel ratio sensor detects the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, and wherein said constant voltage is a voltage which is different from the voltage whereby the output current of the air-fuel ration sensor becomes zero when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and is the voltage whereby the output current becomes zero when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is an air-fuel ratio which is different from the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio.