Vehicle Communication Control Device
OwnerKei Kurosakiinventor
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Provided is a vehicle communication control device for which an isolation boundary equipped with a signal isolation means, in particular, a digital isolator, is configured between a high-voltage region and a low-voltage region, and which is capable of preventing erroneous output from the signal isolation means and of performing vehicle communications and microcomputer control correctly when the power supply voltage reduces due to, for example turning on of the power, or a power interrupt. Disclosed is a vehicle communication control device for which an isolation boundary equipped with a signal isolation means—a digital isolator—is configured between a microcomputer provided in a high-voltage region and a control signal transmission/reception means disposed in a low-voltage region, and which is characterized in that the signal isolation means is provided with a voltage monitoring means and an erroneous output prevention means that is capable of controlling or fixing the output, which is from the signal isolation means to the high-voltage side and/or the low-voltage side, to a safe output when the voltage detected by the voltage monitoring means with respect to variation is reduced down to a value out of a predetermined range.
A vehicle communication control device for which an isolation boundary equipped with a signal isolation means is configured between (a) a microcomputer which is disposed in a high-voltage region supplied with a relatively high voltage and which controls an operation control signal sent to an operation control device for an electric equipment mounted on a vehicle that is provided in said high-voltage region and (b) a signal transmission/reception means which is disposed in a low-voltage region supplied with a relatively low voltage and which receives a control signal sent from a host controller, sends the received control signal toward said microcomputer, receives a signal sent from said microcomputer side, and sends the received signal toward said host controller side, wherein said signal isolation means is provided with a voltage monitoring means for monitoring a variation of voltage in a high-voltage side and/or a low-voltage side of said signal isolation means, and an erroneous output prevention means capable of controlling an output, which is from said signal isolation means to said high-voltage side and/or said low-voltage side of said signal isolation means, to a predetermined safe output or an output within a predetermined safety range when a voltage detected by said voltage monitoring means with respect to variation is reduced down to a value out of a predetermined range.
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