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EP0790408B1 - Circuit de mesure pour courant ionique dans des dispositifs d'allumages pour moteurs à combustion interne - Google Patents

Circuit de mesure pour courant ionique dans des dispositifs d'allumages pour moteurs à combustion interne Download PDF

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EP0790408B1
EP0790408B1 EP97101842A EP97101842A EP0790408B1 EP 0790408 B1 EP0790408 B1 EP 0790408B1 EP 97101842 A EP97101842 A EP 97101842A EP 97101842 A EP97101842 A EP 97101842A EP 0790408 B1 EP0790408 B1 EP 0790408B1
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Michael Daetz
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P17/00—Testing of ignition installations, e.g. in combination with adjusting; Testing of ignition timing in compression-ignition engines
    • F02P17/12—Testing characteristics of the spark, ignition voltage or current
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P15/00—Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F02P1/00 - F02P13/00 and combined with layout of ignition circuits
    • F02P15/10—Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F02P1/00 - F02P13/00 and combined with layout of ignition circuits having continuous electric sparks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P3/00—Other installations
    • F02P3/02—Other installations having inductive energy storage, e.g. arrangements of induction coils
    • F02P3/04—Layout of circuits
    • F02P3/045—Layout of circuits for control of the dwell or anti dwell time
    • F02P3/0453—Opening or closing the primary coil circuit with semiconductor devices
    • F02P3/0456—Opening or closing the primary coil circuit with semiconductor devices using digital techniques
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P17/00—Testing of ignition installations, e.g. in combination with adjusting; Testing of ignition timing in compression-ignition engines
    • F02P17/12—Testing characteristics of the spark, ignition voltage or current
    • F02P2017/125—Measuring ionisation of combustion gas, e.g. by using ignition circuits

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  • the invention relates to a circuit arrangement for ion current measurement according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such an ion current measuring circuit is known from US 5483818, which a differential amplifier connected as an inverting amplifier has, for this is the low potential side of the secondary winding Ignition coil through a resistor with the inverting input of the Differential amplifier connected while at its non-inverting Input voltage of approx. 40 V is applied.
  • To achieve the inverting amplifier property is the output through a resistor fed back to the inverting input and at the same time the Output signal for evaluating the ion current of a threshold circuit fed.
  • the further inverting amplifier is corresponding how the amplifier connected directly to the secondary winding is constructed, its output via a resistor with the inverting Input of the further amplifier is connected and its non-inverting The same bias voltage is fed to the input.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore a circuit arrangement for ion current measurement of the type mentioned at the beginning specify that avoids this disadvantage.
  • Another advantage that can be achieved with the present invention lies in one Lowering the value of the measuring voltage below that in the prior art specified voltage value of 40 V.
  • an ignition current measuring resistor connected in series.
  • the at this ignition current measuring resistor The voltage drop that occurs during the burning period of the Spark plug in an advantageous manner as a measurement signal for the amount of ignition current serve.
  • This ignition current measurement signal can be used to to control the ignition sequence for a secondary ignition.
  • the second diverting circuit branch can be via a Output of the inverting amplifier controllable semiconductor switch, in particular a transistor with the ground potential of the circuit arrangement get connected. This allows the Increase the current carrying capacity of the differential amplifier.
  • a Switched differential amplifier provided as an inverting amplifier.
  • the one input of such a differential amplifier connected to the low potential side of the secondary winding of the ignition coil, while a reference voltage is supplied to the other input, whose value corresponds to the measuring voltage and at which the output over a measuring resistor is connected to the one input.
  • the ion current is thus converted into an as simple as possible Measuring signal serving voltage converted, which then a Evaluation is fed.
  • the reference voltage supplied to such a differential amplifier becomes generated in the simplest way with a constant voltage source.
  • the use of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine Measuring paths of the spark plugs serving as ion current probes in parallel are switched, so that the advantage of low circuit complexity preserved.
  • the measuring sections should be used as an ion current probe serving spark plugs are measured completely independently, but the circuits can also be present several times, the Output signals are then time-multiplexed in a suitable form.
  • the Invention a parallel circuit from a dissipation resistor and at least one Zener diode connected in series to the secondary winding to the energy that is left after the spark has been torn off located in the ignition coil or the secondary capacitances quickly dissipate so that the ion current measurement can then be carried out without great delay is feasible.
  • a parallel circuit from a dissipation resistor and at least one Zener diode connected in series to the secondary winding to the energy that is left after the spark has been torn off located in the ignition coil or the secondary capacitances quickly dissipate so that the ion current measurement can then be carried out without great delay is feasible.
  • two antiserially connected zener diodes instead of just one Zener diode used to be compared to use only to achieve a decay behavior of a single Zener diode, the Duration is shorter and also symmetrical.
  • FIG. 1 shows a transistor ignition system of a 4-cylinder internal combustion engine, each with an ignition output stage assigned to a cylinder, each ignition output stage comprising an ignition coil Tr 1 ,..., Tr 4 , a primary winding P 1 ,..., P 4 and a secondary winding S 1 , ..., S 4 comprises, and an ignition transistor 1a, ..., 1d connected to the primary winding P 1 , ..., P 4 with associated spark plug Zk 1 , ..., Zk 4 is constructed.
  • the primary windings P 1 ,..., P 4 are connected with one connection to an on-board battery voltage U B of 12 V, for example, provided by an on-board battery, while the other connection is connected to the associated ignition transistor 1a,..., 1d.
  • the ignition transistors 1a, ..., 1d are controlled by their control electrodes controlled a circuit 2a for cylinder selection, which in turn with a Control circuit 2 is connected, the corresponding ignition trigger for the individual cylinders of this circuit 2a supplies.
  • control unit 4 the function of an engine management takes over and in turn controls the control circuit 2.
  • this control unit 4 receives motor parameters via an input E, such as load, speed and temperature.
  • Corresponding actuators are controlled via outputs A.
  • the secondary windings S 1 , ..., S 4 are each connected with their high voltage side to the associated spark plug Zk 1 , ..., Zk 4 , while their low potential side are combined in a circuit node S via a dissipation resistor R 3 .
  • This circuit node S is connected to the input of a differential amplifier 3 connected as a non-inverting amplifier, in that this circuit node S is connected to the inverting input of this differential amplifier 3.
  • a constant reference voltage U ref preferably 20 V
  • This constant reference voltage U ref is fed to the secondary windings S 1 , ..., S 4 via this differential amplifier 3 by means of a measuring resistor R1 fed back to the inverting input and thus reaches the spark plugs Zk 1 , ... working as ion measuring current paths as the test voltage U test . , Mark 4 .
  • the circuit according to the figure has a first and second diverting circuit branches A1 and A2.
  • the first discharge circuit branch A1 connects the circuit node S to the ground potential of the circuit via a semiconductor diode D 2
  • the second discharge circuit branch A2 consists of a series connection of an ignition current discharge resistor R 2 , a further semiconductor diode D 1 and a pnp transistor T
  • the ignition current measurement resistor R 2 is connected to the circuit node S and the collector electrode of the transistor T is at the ground potential of the circuit.
  • the base electrode of this transistor T is driven by the output of the differential amplifier 3.
  • the first diverting circuit branch A1 serves to derive negative voltage peaks occurring in one of the spark plugs Zk 1 ,... Zk 4 at the moment of a high voltage breakdown.
  • the actual ignition current is derived via the second derivation switching branch A 2 , which can also be constructed without the transistor T, which only serves to increase the current carrying capacity of the differential amplifier 3. If such a transistor T is dispensed with, the cathode of the semiconductor diode D 1 is connected directly to the output of the differential amplifier 3, so that the diverting branch A 2 is connected in parallel with the ion measuring resistor R 1 .
  • the generation of an ignition pulse by the control circuit 2 leads to the activation of the corresponding ignition transistor 1a, ..., 1d.
  • the ignition spark generated in this way on the associated spark plug Zk 1 ,..., Zk 4 leads to a certain burning duration, which is accompanied by an ignition current.
  • This ignition current flows through the low-resistance leakage circuit branch A 2 to a part via the differential amplifier 3 and to another part in accordance with the set operating point of the transistor T to ground potential.
  • This operating point of the transistor T is determined by the output signal U ion of the differential amplifier 3, which, by means of the feedback via the ion measuring resistor R 1, regulates its potential at the inverting input to the U ref potential, which represents the measuring voltage for the subsequent ion current measurement. An overload of the differential amplifier 3 by the ignition current is thus avoided by using such a transistor T.
  • the output signal U ion of the differential amplifier 3 indicates the level of the ignition current flowing through the ignition current measuring resistor R 2 and can therefore be used as a measurement signal of the ignition current after evaluation for charging and burning time control of the internal combustion engine.
  • the value of the ignition current measuring resistor R 2 is chosen so that its voltage drop U R2 with the value R 2 • I ignition is in the range of a few volts. Such a value for the resistor R 2 would be 15 ⁇ , for example.
  • the measuring voltage for the level of the ignition current could also be tapped at the emitter of the transistor T or with high resistance at the anode of the diode D 1 .
  • the tolerances of the base-emitter voltage of the transistor T or the diode forward voltage of the diode D 1 would then not be included in the measurement.
  • Another possibility for generating a measuring voltage for the ignition current is given in FIG. 2 explained below.
  • the residual energy still remaining in the corresponding secondary winding S 1 ,... S 4 or in the secondary capacitances must be rapidly dissipated.
  • the already mentioned dissipation resistor R 3 to which two antiserially connected Zener diodes Z 1 and Z 2 are connected in parallel.
  • the value of the dissipation resistance R 3 is preferably chosen so that it corresponds to the value (L sek / C sek ) 1/2 , the quantities L sek and C sek representing the coil inductance or coil and stray capacitances effective on the secondary side.
  • the value of this dissipation resistance R 2 will usually be in the range between 10 k ⁇ and 100 k ⁇ and thus causes the energy to dissipate rapidly.
  • the two Zener diodes Z 1 and Z 2 are necessary to limit the voltage drop occurring across the dissipation resistor R 3 , which would otherwise result in a considerable reduction in the ignition energy.
  • an ignition current of 100 mA at a resistor of 50 k ⁇ would cause a voltage drop of 5000 V.
  • the Zener voltages of the Zener diodes Z 1 and Z 2 are therefore chosen so that there is only a slight reduction in the ignition energy, for example in the amount of 50 V.
  • Zener diode Z 2 instead of using two Zener diodes Z 1 and Z 2 , it is also possible to provide only the Zener diode Z 2 and to dispense with the Zener diode Z 1 . However, this would cause the swing-out behavior to be asymmetrical and the swing-out duration to be extended somewhat. On the other hand, it would be advantageous that the voltage loss in ignition mode would be less than 1 V.
  • Zener diodes are in series with the secondary winding of the ignition coils Tr 1 ,... Tr 4 and the ion current measuring resistor R 1 , their leakage currents have no negative effect in the subsequent ion current measurement.
  • the reference voltage U ref serving as measurement voltage U test is applied by the inverting differential amplifier 3 to the secondary windings S 1 ,... S 4 , which then generates an ion current at the corresponding spark plug.
  • the inverting differential amplifier 3 converts this ion current into a voltage signal U ion , which is now fed to the evaluation unit 5 as a measurement signal of the ion current, the evaluation result of which is then forwarded to the control unit 4.
  • the measuring voltage U test supplied to the secondary windings S 1 , ..., S 4 of the ignition coils Tr 1 , ..., Tr 4 which can be between 5 and 30 V, preferably 20 V, is constant during the entire ion current measurement period. Since the ion current is in the ⁇ A range, a differential amplifier 3 with a low input current is used, which is available inexpensively today.
  • this measuring voltage U test means that there is no need to recharge stray capacitances, as can occur in other known systems when exposed to alternating current, such as, for example, with knocking combustion. This advantage is particularly noticeable when several ion measuring sections are operated in parallel, as shown in the figure, since effective stray capacities can then be multiplied.
  • another resistor in the supply line to its inverting input (not shown in the figure) can be provided.
  • FIG. 2 shows a detail of the circuit diagram of Figure 1 with the inverting amplifier connected as a differential amplifier 3 and the associated two Ableitscenszweigen A 1 and A2.
  • the difference from FIG. 1 lies in the wiring of the ignition current measuring resistor R 2 , which is now arranged on the ground side, namely between the collector of the transistor T and the ground potential.
  • the measurement voltage U Zünd which is proportional to the ignition current, is therefore ground-related, which is advantageous for the further use of this measurement signal.
  • the ion current signal can be used to knock the Detect internal combustion engine and control the ignition timing to set up a corresponding knock control.
  • Another application is to use the ion current signal both for Detection of ignition misfires as well as for the detection of Use camshaft position.
  • the circuit arrangement according to the invention for ion current measurement is not only in transistor ignition systems, as shown in the exemplary embodiment, usable, but also for alternating current ignitions or High voltage capacitor ignitions.

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  1. Montage pour la mesure du courant ionique dans la chambre de combustion d'un moteur à combustion interne, constitué par :
    a) une bobine d'allumage (Tr1, ..., Tr4) comportant un enroulement primaire et un enroulement secondaire (P1, ..., P4, S1, ..., S4),
    b) une bougie d'allumage (Zk1, ..., Zk4), qui est reliée à l'enroulement secondaire (S1, ..., S4) et sert simultanément de sonde du courant ionique,
    c) un amplificateur inverseur (3, R1), qui est raccordé au côté du potentiel faible de l'enroulement secondaire (S1, ..., S4) de la bobine d'allumage (Tr1, ..., Tr4) pour produire une tension de mesure constante (UM) pour la mesure du courant ionique,
    caractérisé par la caractéristique suivante :
    d) pour l'obtention du courant d'allumage circulant pendant l'allumage de la bougie d'allumage en direction du potentiel de masse du montage, il est prévu
    d1) une première branche de circuit de dérivation (A1) comportant une diode semiconductrice (D2), et
    d2) une seconde branche de circuit de dérivation (A2), qui est branchée en parallèle avec l'amplificateur inverseur (3, R1) et possède une autre diode semiconductrice (D1).
  2. Montage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la seconde branche de circuit de dérivation (A2) comporte une résistance (R2) de mesure du courant d'allumage, branchée en série avec l'autre diode semiconductrice (D1).
  3. Montage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la seconde branche de circuit de dérivation (A2) est reliée au potentiel de masse par l'intermédiaire d'un interrupteur à semiconducteurs (T), notamment d'un transistor, pouvant être commandé parla sortie de l'amplificateur inverseur (3,R1).
  4. Montage selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la résistance (R2) de mesure du courant d'allumage est disposée dans la branche d'émetteur du transistor (T).
  5. Montage selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la résistance (R2) de mesure du courant d'allumage est disposée dans la branche de collecteur du transistor (T).
  6. Montage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un amplificateur différentiel (3) est prévu en tant qu'amplificateur inverseur.
  7. Montage selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'une première entrée de l'amplificateur différentiel (3) est reliée au potentiel négatif de l'enroulement secondaire (S1, ..., S4) de la bobine d'allumage (Tr1, ..., Tr4) et qu'à l'autre entrée est envoyée une tension de référence (Uref), dont la valeur correspond à la tension de mesure (Utest), et que la sortie de l'amplificateur différentiel (3) est reliée à la première entrée par l'intermédiaire de la résistance (R1) de mesure du courant ionique.
  8. Montage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'en série avec l'enroulement secondaire (S1, ..., S4) est branché un circuit en parallèle formé par une résistance de dissipation (R3) et au moins une diode Zener (Z1, Z2).
  9. Montage selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que deux diodes Zener (Z1, Z2) branchées selon un montage anti-série sont montées en parallèle avec la résistance de dissipation (R2).
  10. Utilisation du montage selon l'une des revendications 2 à 9 pour une mesure du courant d'allumage, avec laquelle la chute de tension apparaissant aux bornes de la résistance de mesure du courant d'allumage (R2) sert de signal de mesure pour l'intensité du courant d'allumage.
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