Communication device and automobile including the same

    公开(公告)号:US10972308B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16617872

    申请日:2018-04-17

    摘要: A communication device includes a master station, a ring-type transmission line whose start point and end point are connected to the master station, and a plurality of slave stations connected to the ring-type transmission line in parallel. The master station transmits a signal and feeds electric power from both of the start point and the end point of the ring-type transmission line. Each of the slave stations includes an impedance variable element connected to the ring-type transmission line in parallel, and values are set to the impedance variable elements in accordance with the connection positions of the slave stations.

    Electronic control device, in-vehicle system, and power supply device

    公开(公告)号:US11192507B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16610542

    申请日:2018-04-19

    摘要: A transient increase or decrease of power supplied to a reconfiguration circuit to be a logic circuit whose circuit configuration can be changed is reduced. An autonomous traveling control ECU 201 has a reconfiguration circuit 209, a main power supply circuit 211, an auxiliary current source circuit 213, and a function control unit 207. The reconfiguration circuit 209 is a reconfigurable logic circuit. The main power supply circuit 211 supplies a power supply voltage to the reconfiguration circuit 209. The auxiliary current source circuit 213 increases or decreases a current supplied from the main power supply circuit 211 to the reconfiguration circuit 209. The function control unit 207 determines an operation mode of the reconfiguration circuit 209 on the basis of a mode determination signal input from the outside and indicating a traveling mode of a vehicle, and controls a reconfiguration of the reconfiguration circuit 209 on the basis of a determination result. The auxiliary current source circuit 213 increases or decreases the current supplied to the reconfiguration circuit 209 in accordance with a load variation of the reconfiguration circuit 209, on the basis of an auxiliary current control signal for giving an instruction on an increase or decrease of the current supplied to the reconfiguration circuit 209.

    Power line communication device, in-vehicle device and in-vehicle system

    公开(公告)号:US10862537B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US16755974

    申请日:2018-11-01

    发明人: Tomohiko Yano

    IPC分类号: H04B3/54

    摘要: A power line communication device includes a DC power source device, a power line, and a master station that modulates a supply voltage VBUS supplied to the power line according to transmission data to be transmitted. The master station includes a modulation capacitor that is precharged with a modulation amplitude voltage, a polarity switch unit that determines a polarity of the modulation capacitor connected to the power line according to transmission data, and an inductor connected between the DC power source device and the power line.