Matrix injector driver circuit
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1. A fuel injector control circuit comprising:
- a plurality of coils, including a plurality of open coils and a plurality of close coils;
a plurality of first gates each selectively connecting more than one of said plurality of open coils to a power supply;
a plurality of second gates each selectively connecting more than one of said plurality of close coils to the power supply; and
a plurality of third gates selectively connecting said plurality of coils to ground.
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Abstract
A fuel injector control circuit reduces the number of gates required by arranging high side and low side gates in a matrix. Each coil is selectively activated by activating a unique pair of a high side gate and a low side gate, thus reducing the total number of gates required.
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15 Claims
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1. A fuel injector control circuit comprising:
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a plurality of coils, including a plurality of open coils and a plurality of close coils;
a plurality of first gates each selectively connecting more than one of said plurality of open coils to a power supply;
a plurality of second gates each selectively connecting more than one of said plurality of close coils to the power supply; and
a plurality of third gates selectively connecting said plurality of coils to ground. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A fuel injector control circuit comprising:
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a plurality of coils including a plurality of open coils and a plurality of close coils;
a first plurality of high side gates each selectively connecting more than one open coil to a power supply;
a second plurality of high side gates each selectively connecting more than one close coil to the power supply;
a plurality of low side gates, each selectively connecting at least two of said plurality of coils to ground, including a first low side gate selectively connecting at least two of said close coils to ground, and a second low side gate selectively connecting at least two of said open coils to ground. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for controlling a plurality of fuel injectors including the steps of:
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a) associating each of a plurality of pairs of coils with each of a plurality of fuel injectors, each said pair comprising an open coil and a close coil;
b) selectively connecting at least two of the open coils to a power source with one of a plurality of high side gates;
c) selectively connecting at least two of said open coils to ground with a first low side gate;
d) selectively connecting at least two of said close coils to ground with a second low side gate; and
e) activating each of said coils based upon activation of a unique pair of one of said high side gates and one of said low side gates. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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