Control apparatus for internal combustion engine and control method for the same

A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine comprising:

• a throttle valve that is provided to an intake passage, the throttle valve being adapted to controlling an amount of intake air;
• a turbocharger that includes an exhaust turbine and an intake compressor, the intake compressor being arranged in the intake passage;
• a waste gate valve that is provided to a bypass passage, which bypasses the exhaust turbine, the waste gate valve being adapted to controlling an opening area of the bypass passage;
• and
• an electric actuator that is adapted to operating the waste gate valve,
• wherein torque of the internal combustion engine is controlled at target torque by controlling a position of the throttle valve,
• the control apparatus comprising:
• a setting unit that is adapted to setting a target position of the waste gate valve in a normal operating condition of the internal combustion engine, the target position being out of a position range, in which the waste gate valve is in a substantially full close position;
• and
• a control unit that controls the waste gate valve such that a position of the waste gate valve coincides with the target position.