Abstract: A capacitor connected to a microcomputer voltage wiring is downsized. A series regulator on an electronic control unit for automotive includes a battery as an in-vehicle power supply, a relay, an input side capacitor, a series regulator circuit, and an output side capacitor, and is connected to a microcomputer. The series regulator circuit includes an n-channel MOSFET, a gate voltage regulator circuit as an output control circuit of an FET, and a gate voltage holding capacitor. A capacitor GND voltage (gate voltage) is adjusted by the gate voltage regulator circuit to convert an input side capacitor voltage into an output side capacitor voltage, and supply a microcomputer current to the microcomputer.

Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle step-down switching power supply capable of obtaining a stable output while suppressing nose in a harmful frequency band even when an input voltage decreases. The in-vehicle step-down switching power supply includes a switching frequency control unit and the switching frequency control unit includes a switching frequency range setting unit that changes a switching frequency between fa and fb and a switching frequency path setting unit that skips a frequency band from fd to fe between fa and fb, via an intermediate frequency fc between fa and fb.

Abstract: In a vehicle control device in which a driver circuit which does not have a computing function and a computing device communicate with each other, there is provided a technology which can efficiently diagnose that both the driver circuit and the computing device normally communicate with each other by a simple technique. The vehicle control device according to the present invention transmits diagnosis data as a control command from a computing portion to the driver circuit, and the driver circuit sends inverted diagnosis data in which the diagnosis data is bit-inverted back to the computing portion. The computing portion diagnoses whether or not the communication between the computing portion and the driver circuit is normally performed, by using the diagnosis data and the inverted diagnosis data.

Abstract: The invention, while reducing noise, suppresses a load increase in a processor and a delay in drive control. An engine control unit includes a processor, a driving circuit including a switching element to drive a load such as a fuel injector and an ignition device, and a communication circuit that transmits control signals from the processor to the driving circuit via serial communication. The control signals each include a command frame for controlling the driving circuit and a data frame for driving the load. If a predetermined bits in each of the data frames received from the processor at predetermined time intervals are determined to be the same twice in succession, the engine control unit changes a state of a driving signal ‘Drive’ for driving the load and thereby changes an operating state of the switching element.

Abstract: By reducing the serial transmission amount of pulses between a driving IC and a control IC, the transmission times of various commands other than the transmission time of the pulses can be secured, so that the improvement of reliability and high performance of the entirety of an electronic control device can be realized. The serial transmission between the driving IC and the control IC is started at the time when the edges of the pulses are detected.

Abstract: An in-vehicle power supply apparatus for supplying operating power to a microcomputer is configured such that the microcomputer can securely enter into a standby state in a case where a voltage supplied from an in-vehicle power source is interrupted. The in-vehicle power supply apparatus according to the invention generates a second voltage to be supplied to a control IC and the like other than the microcomputer and a third voltage to be supplied to the microcomputer, and, in a case where the second voltage is reduced, the in-vehicle power supply apparatus transmits a reset signal and bypasses the second voltage to an input of the third voltage.

Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a magenta flower color, strong root system and a vigorous growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a pink flower color, strong root system and a compact plant growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a pink flower color, strong root system and a spreading plant growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: By reducing the serial transmission amount of pulses between a driving IC and a control IC, the transmission times of various commands other than the transmission time of the pulses can be secured, so that the improvement of reliability and high performance of the entirety of an electronic control device can be realized. The serial transmission between the driving IC and the control IC is started at the time when the edges of the pulses are detected.

Abstract: A loss (generation of heat) is reduced in a capacitor precharge circuit, thereby reducing the size of the circuit. The capacitor precharge circuit according to the present invention divides a power supply voltage using a switched capacitor voltage divider circuit, thereby carrying out charging while suppressing a both-terminal voltage of the capacitor that is subject to the charging (refer to FIG. 1).

Abstract: A battery pack includes a magnesium ion rechargeable battery, allowing electrical charge and discharge regardless the type of the electrolyte, and improving the cycle characteristic and the electrical charge and discharge efficiency. The battery pack includes a storage case, a magnesium ion rechargeable battery which contains a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and a protection circuit which possesses an over-charge protection function and an over-discharge function. The magnesium ion rechargeable battery and the protection circuit are stored in the storage case. The magnesium ion rechargeable battery includes a positive plate, a negative plate and an electrolyte. The negative plate includes a material for the negative plate of the magnesium ion rechargeable battery. The material for the negative plate of the magnesium ion rechargeable battery includes magnesium metal and an allotrope of carbon. The magnesium metal and the allotrope of carbon are in at least partial contact with each other.

Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a red flower color, strong root system and a compact plant growth habit is disclosed.

Abstract: A New Guinea impatiens plant particularly distinguished by a dark red-purple and bright flower color with white and red-purple eyes and a strong root system, is disclosed.

Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a pink flower color, strong root system and a compact plant growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a magenta flower color, strong root system and a vigorous growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: An impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a many beautiful purple flowers with a white and red-purple eye, a strong root system, and a spreading habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a pink flower color, strong root system and a spreading plant growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: An impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a many beautiful red flowers with a red-purple eye, a strong root system, and spreading habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A New Guinea impatiens plant particularly distinguished by red-purple flowers with red-purple eyes and a spreading plant habit, is disclosed.