Signal output unit and electronic control unit
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorTadaharu Nishimura
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AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorTadaharu Nishimura
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A timer module in an ECU has an angle counter and a timer counter. A value counted by the angle counter indicates a crank angle of a crankshaft. Under the control of the termination to output an ignition pulse signal to an igniter, the ECU inverts the level of the ignition pulse signal to Low level (as an inactive mode) when a first comparator outputs an angle comparison matching signal after a value of the angle counter reaches a pulse OFF angle “an12” count value of the angle counter, and when a second comparator outputs a time comparison matching signal after the value of the time counter reaches a time “t12” as an elapsed time of a regular time length “TH” counted from a pulse ON time “t11”. Thus, even if the crank angle of the crankshaft reaches the pulse OFF angle “an12” before the timing “t12”, the ECU keeps High level of the ignition pulse signal until the timing “t12”.
A signal output unit comprising:
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