Abstract: This invention provides communications systems that enable broadcasting while making use of the simplicity of the prior art and also provides control devices and information processing systems incorporating the communications system. In this invention, chip-select signals are provided for transmitting (TXCSi) and receiving (RXCSi) independently as well as for individual chips as in the prior art. That is, a group of signals indicating whether or not a slave node is selected as the node to transmit signals to a master node and the direction of communications are output from the master node to the slave node.

Abstract: A low-cost vehicle control system and a car using the system controls radiation of an actuator driver and thereby reduces the radiation component cost and allows downsizing of an electronic control unit to improve the versatility. The vehicle control system has an electronic control unit, a plurality of actuators and actuator drivers for driving the actuators at the actuator side. The actuator drivers, respectively, have a independent self-diagnosis section, a self-protection section, and a communication control section and are dispersed correspondingly to the actuators.

Abstract: A vehicle control system which can ensure high reliability, real-time processing, and expandability with a simplified ECU configuration and a low cost by backing up an error through coordination in the entire system without increasing a degree of redundancy of individual controllers beyond the least necessary level. The vehicle control system comprises a sensor controller for taking in sensor signals indicating a status variable of a vehicle and an operation amount applied from a driver, a command controller for generating a control target value based on the sensor signals taken in by the sensor controller, and an actuator controller for receiving the control target value from the command controller and operating an actuator to control the vehicle, those three controller being interconnected via a network.

Abstract: A low-cost vehicle control system and a car using the system controls radiation of an actuator driver and thereby reduces the radiation component cost and allows downsizing of an electronic control unit to improve the versatility. The vehicle control system has an electronic control unit, a plurality of actuators and actuator drivers for driving the actuators at the actuator side. The actuator drivers, respectively, have an independent self-diagnosis section, a self-protection section, and a communication control section and are dispersed correspondingly to the actuators.

Abstract: To reduce the man-hour required in tuning control parameters, a vehicular control system of this invention comprises a user parameter input module, an external parameter input module, a plurality of objective functions, a policy setting module, and a policy node. The user parameter input module inputs a user parameter corresponding to an operation of a user. The external parameter input module inputs an external parameter resulting from an outside environment. The objective functions are set for each control characteristic respectively so as to calculate an internal parameter of each control target from the user parameter and the external parameter. The policy setting module sets policies indicating a control index of the user for the objective functions respectively.

Abstract: An engine electronic control unit is inserted through a through hole provided in an intake pipe and mounted in an intake air passage in a direction substantially perpendicularly with respect to a plane of the intake pipe forming the intake air passage. This unit is then secured to the intake pipe using a fixing flange provided at a connector portion. A fixing rail is protruded inside the intake pipe and leading edges of a metal base and a metal cover of the unit are inserted into this rail, thereby securing in position an end opposite to a side of the connector portion of the unit. This realizes an engine electronic control unit offering an outstanding heat radiation performance and vibration resistance, without having to provide special heat radiating parts or without involving an increase in an intake air resistance within the intake air passage. By using such an engine electronic control unit, it is possible to provide a low-cost, compact engine air intake system.

Abstract: A vehicle controller which can realize a reduced cost and high reliability at the same time. A control target status signal outputted from a control target is inputted to a monitoring unit. The monitoring unit compares a control command value with the control target status signal to determine whether the control target operates normally as per the control command value. When the monitoring unit determines that the control target does not operate normally, it outputs a failure detected signal to an actuator driving unit.

Abstract: An air flow meter which can decrease the error due to the backflow. Throttle valve 17 which opens and shuts the air intake passage is installed in the air intake passage of the internal combustion engine. The first sensor part 161 is installed in the air intake passage in the upstream of throttle valve 17. Further, the second sensor part 141 is installed in the air intake passage in the downstream of throttle valve 17. Pulsation compensating means 671 corrects the pulsation of the air flow rate signal detected by the first sensor part by using the output signals of the first and the second sensor parts 161, 141 based on each cylinder of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: In an A/D converter and a microcontroller including the same, the number of selection patterns of analog input channels is increased for each A/D conversion and the A/D conversion is conducted using an A/D converter having only fundamental functions without imposing load onto a CPU. The A/D converter or a DMA transfer device includes an A/D conversion table including one or more entries. Each entry includes enable bits for setting whether or not an A/D conversion is executed for the respective analog input channels and a plurality of count number bits for setting a number of executions of the A/D conversion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle diagnostic system comprising an electronic control unit for controlling and monitoring vehicle equipment, a radio communication means for transmitting a vehicle diagnostic information to a telecommunication equipment located outside the vehicle or for communicating between the vehicle and the telecommunication equipment located outside the vehicle and for transmitting a communication diagnostic signal to the electronic control unit and receiving a response signal to the communication diagnostic signal, and a communication line for connecting the electronic control unit and the radio communication means wherein the response signal is utilized to determine if the communication line is properly functional.

Abstract: The microcomputer 1 operates a control signal for controlling the state of an automobile on the basis of an input signal from a sensor. The output driver ICs 2A and 2B include the output driver 22 having power transistors in correspondence to a plurality of channels, the serial communication interface 23 for executing serial communication with the microcomputer, and the timer circuits 20A and 20B for generating a pulse width modulation signal and a pulse signal and are structured as a semiconductor circuit with these units integrated. The timer circuits 20A and 20B, on the basis of a control data signal received from the microcomputer by the serial communication interface 23, generates a pulse width modulation signal and a pulse signal.

Abstract: An electrical control unit for an automobile of which standby current is smaller. In an electrical control unit for an automobile having a microcomputer, an input circuit, a driver circuit, and a power supply circuit, which is started by a wake-up signal from the circuit other than the ignition switch even when the ignition switch of the automobile is cut off, the microcomputer is started by shifting the power supply circuit from an inert state to an active state to generate the voltage for operating the microcomputer, and the predetermined processing is executed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises an embedded insulation layer 101 formed on a semiconductor substrate 100, plural power semiconductor elements 2, 3 formed on a semiconductor substrate 100 on the embedded insulation layer, a trench 4 formed on the semiconductor substrate and isolating between the power semiconductor elements, and an isolator 5 insulating and driving control electrodes of the power semiconductor elements, and the power semiconductor elements 2, 3 such as transistors can be used, being connected each other in series.

Abstract: A heating device is capable of efficiently heat a heated body as heating object. The heating device includes a heating body, a power source for supplying a current to the heating body, a current control element controlling current flowing through the heating body, and a heat conductive body to be thermally coupled with the heating body and the current control element for transmitting heat generated by the heating body and heat generated by the current control element to a heating object.

Abstract: To provide a low-cost vehicle control system and a car using the system by making radiation of an actuator driver easy and thereby reducing the radiation component cost and moreover, downsizing an electronic control unit and improving the versatility.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises an embedded insulation layer 101 formed on a semiconductor substrate 100, plural power semiconductor elements 2, 3 formed on a semiconductor substrate 100 on the embedded insulation layer, a trench 4 formed on the semiconductor substrate and isolating between the power semiconductor elements, and an isolator 5 insulating and driving control electrodes of the power semiconductor elements, and the power semiconductor elements 2, 3 such as transistors can be used, being connected each other in series.

Abstract: A low-cost vehicle control system and a car using the system controls radiation of an actuator driver and thereby reduces the radiation component cost and allows downsizing of an electronic control unit to improve the versatility. The vehicle control system has an electronic control unit, a plurality of actuators and actuator drivers for driving the actuators at the actuator side. The actuator drivers, respectively, have an independent self-diagnosis section, a self-protection section, and a communication control section and are dispersed correspondingly to the actuators.

Abstract: An engine electronic control unit is inserted through a through hole provided in an intake pipe and mounted in an intake air passage in a direction substantially perpendicularly with respect to a plane of the intake pipe forming the intake air passage. This unit is then secured to the intake pipe using a fixing flange provided at a connector portion. A fixing rail is protruded inside the intake pipe and leading edges of a metal base and a metal cover of the unit are inserted into this rail, thereby securing in position an end opposite to a side of the connector portion of the unit. This realizes an engine electronic control unit offering an outstanding heat radiation performance and vibration resistance, without having to provide special heat radiating parts or without involving an increase in an intake air resistance within the intake air passage. By using such an engine electronic control unit, it is possible to provide a low-cost, compact engine air intake system.

Abstract: In order to ensures a stable reduction of noise level at all times, in the steps of switching input voltage with a switching element 10, smoothing the voltage of rectangular wave obtained by switching with a reactor L and capacitor Cf and outputting it, the voltage obtained by dividing the output voltage is compared with the sawtooth wave output from a sawtooth wave generator 14 by a comparator 12. When the switching signal in response to the result of this comparison is applied to the switching element 10, the counter 16 is actuated synchronously with the vertex of the sawtooth wave to perform opening/closing operation of the switch SW1. The time constant of the time constant circuit comprising a R0 and C is adjusted according to whether a resistor R1 is present or not, and the signals of frequencies f1 and f2 coming out of the sawtooth wave generator 14 are sequentially switched to be sent to the comparator 12.

Abstract: A sensor device has a sensing layer and an auxiliary layer for supporting the sensing layer, the two layers being superposed on each other in a laminar form. The sensing layer has a vibratory body displaceable in a direction parallel to a junction surface between the two layers. The auxiliary layer is affixed to the sensing layer and a recess or through-hole of a larger area than that of the vibratory body is formed in the auxiliary layer at a part thereof confronting the vibratory body.