EP4677369A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zur messung des ruhestroms eines fahrzeugsensors - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und verfahren zur messung des ruhestroms eines fahrzeugsensorsInfo
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- G01R19/0092—Measuring current only
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- G01R31/00—Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
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- G01R31/282—Testing of electronic circuits specially adapted for particular applications not provided for elsewhere
- G01R31/2829—Testing of circuits in sensor or actuator systems
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- G01R19/165—Indicating that current or voltage is either above or below a predetermined value or within or outside a predetermined range of values
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- G01R31/005—Testing of electric installations on transport means
- G01R31/006—Testing of electric installations on transport means on road vehicles, e.g. automobiles or trucks
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- the present invention relates to a device for measuring the quiescent current of a vehicle sensor, in particular via the peripheral sensor interface 5 (PSI5), and a corresponding measuring method.
- PSI5 peripheral sensor interface 5
- Knowing the quiescent current of a vehicle sensor is essential for the reliable functioning of a vehicle sensor. Knowing the quiescent current of a vehicle sensor is particularly important for communication between a control unit and a vehicle sensor via a communication interface such as PSI5. Only with knowledge of the quiescent current can the signal received by the vehicle sensor be correctly evaluated by distinguishing between a quiescent current component and a signal pulse superimposed on the quiescent current signal.
- the quiescent current can be 35 mA, while the current pulse used for communication with the control unit has an amplitude of 25 mA.
- the quiescent current is an important indicator of the proper functioning of a vehicle sensor. For example, if the quiescent current for a vehicle sensor deviates significantly from the typical quiescent current of this sensor, this can be interpreted as an indication of a faulty function of the vehicle sensor.
- a method for controlling a personal protection system in which a sensor signal is provided and the personal protection system is controlled depending on the sensor signal.
- the sensor signal To provide the sensor signal, the sensor signal to generate a first and a second comparison signal with a first and a second signal processing.
- the first and the second comparison signal are compared with each other to generate an input signal for a decoder, wherein the decoder provides the decoded input signal for controlling the personal protection system.
- DE 10 2016 116 059 A1 describes a method for detecting the presence and correct functioning of a data bus capacitance of a data bus interface.
- a first voltage level with a predetermined or predeterminable voltage value is provided against the reference potential.
- a second voltage level whose voltage value against the reference potential depends on the voltage value of the data bus connection against the reference potential, is determined.
- a voltage supply line is connected to the data bus connection.
- a data bus current value of the data bus current that flows out of the PSI5 data bus connection is determined.
- the determined data bus current value of the data bus current is compared with a first threshold value, whereby a comparison result is generated.
- the correct functioning or incorrect functioning of the data bus capacitance and/or the presence or absence of the data bus capacitance is concluded depending on the comparison result.
- the object of the present invention to provide a device for measuring the quiescent current of a vehicle sensor, which provides reliable measurement results even in the presence of interference.
- the present invention proposes a device for measuring the quiescent current of a vehicle sensor, in particular via the peripheral sensor interface 5, PSI5, comprising: - a voltage source and a shunt resistor arranged between the voltage source and a reference node, the shunt resistor having a first and a second terminal;
- the comparator output signal has a bandwidth of fl;
- control unit designed to receive the evaluation unit output signal and to output a control unit output signal depending on the received evaluation unit output signal
- an offset generator designed to convert the control unit output signal into an offset signal and to feed the offset signal into the comparator or into an input path of the comparator;
- the evaluation unit is designed to sample the comparator output signal at a frequency f2, where f2 > 2 • fi.
- the device according to the invention allows a robust measurement of the quiescent current, which delivers reliable measurement results even in the case of interference.
- the oversampling of the comparator output signal with the frequency f2 > 2 • fi allows a reliable measurement of the quiescent current, which is not significantly affected by interference signals at a frequency of fi.
- problems are often observed when interference signals are present which also have a frequency of f « 1 MHz.
- the device according to the invention allows reliable measurement results to be achieved even when interference signals with a frequency of approx. 1 MHz are present by deliberately oversampling the comparator output signal.
- the device according to the invention allows the components used in previously used measuring devices and the evaluation frequency to be retained.
- the vehicle sensor can be connected to the reference node.
- the shunt resistor (often referred to as shunt or measuring resistor) has a low resistance.
- the inputs of the comparator are connected (at least indirectly) to the terminals of the shunt resistor. This allows the comparator to compare the voltage values that are present at the two terminals of the shunt resistor.
- the comparator can be connected directly to the terminals of the shunt resistor. Alternatively, individual components can be provided between the terminals of the shunt resistor and the inputs of the comparator, for example to adapt the voltage values to a range of values that can be evaluated by the comparator.
- the comparator is designed to output a "high” signal if the voltage at the positive input is greater than the voltage at the negative input. If the voltage at the positive input is not greater than the Voltage at the negative input, a "low” signal is output at the output of the comparator.
- the comparator can be designed to receive and evaluate an offset signal at one of its inputs.
- the adjustable offset is generated in the comparator.
- the present invention is therefore not limited to a specific type of provision of the offset signal for the comparator.
- n 1/2 x fz/fi is preferably.
- n can be any value between 1 and fz/fi.
- a majority decision in the evaluation unit, according to which it is determined whether a limit value is exceeded or not reached on average. For example, the majority decision can determine whether the quiescent current determined in the previous measurement period was too high or too low compared to the actual quiescent current.
- a counter reading of the control unit can then be reduced or increased, for example.
- the control unit is designed to increase a current counter reading by one value if the value received from the evaluation unit is set to "1"; and to reduce the current counter reading by one value if the value received from the evaluation unit is set to "0".
- a digital control unit is provided that allows an iterative determination of the quiescent current, wherein the control unit has an integral behavior.
- the control unit works at a frequency fi, but preferably decides on the adjustment of the offset signal using another temporal, linear or non-linear evaluation method.
- an additional low-pass filter circuit is arranged at the input of the comparator.
- the low-pass circuit allows high-frequency interference signals that can occur during the measurement to be suppressed. This increases the robustness of the measuring device against high-frequency interference signals.
- the combination of oversampling and the low-pass circuit also offers the advantage that a low-pass filter with a higher cutoff frequency can be provided without aliasing effects occurring (Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem).
- the desired low-pass function can also be provided via the intrinsic properties of the comparator.
- the device according to the invention can be provided with a low-pass filter circuit comprising a capacitor arranged between the two inputs of the comparator, as well as two resistors arranged in series with the two inputs of the comparator.
- the arrangement mentioned allows efficient filtering of differential, high-frequency interference signals which could adversely affect the measurement result without low-pass filtering. This can increase the accuracy and robustness of the device according to the invention with respect to interference can be further increased.
- the arrangement mentioned is simple and inexpensive to implement.
- the low-pass filter circuit has a cutoff frequency fi ⁇ f c ⁇ f2 / 2, preferably fi ⁇ f c ⁇ 1.4 x fi, particularly preferably fi ⁇ f c ⁇ 1.3 x fi or fi ⁇ fc ⁇ 1.2 x fi, and in particular fi ⁇ f c ⁇ 1.1 x fi.
- the device according to the invention can also be designed so that the second frequency is f2 > 6 • fi, preferably f2 > 12 • fi, and particularly preferably f2 > 24 • fi.
- the first frequency can be 1 MHz
- the second frequency can be 6 MHz, 12 MHz or 24 MHz.
- the evaluation unit is designed to sample the comparator output signal at a frequency f2, where f2 > 2 • fi.
- the method according to the invention allows a more robust measurement of the quiescent current of a vehicle sensor compared to the methods known from the prior art, wherein the measurement results remain undistorted even in the presence of interference signals, in particular interference signals with a frequency of fi.
- the method according to the invention comprises the following method step:
- the low-pass filter function is provided by the intrinsic properties of the comparator and that the comparator is selected such that its manufacturing-related processing or delay properties provide the desired low-pass filter properties.
- the method according to the invention can provide that the low-pass filtering of the input signals of the comparator is carried out by using a low-pass filter circuit which has a capacitor which is arranged between the two inputs of the comparator and two resistors which are each arranged in series with the two inputs of the comparator.
- the low-pass filter circuit has a cutoff frequency fi ⁇ f c ⁇ f2 / 2, preferably fi ⁇ f c ⁇ 1.4 x fi, particularly preferably fi ⁇ f c ⁇ 1.3 x fi, fi ⁇ f c ⁇ 1.2 x fi, and in particular fi ⁇ fc ⁇ 1.1 x fi.
- fi 1 MHz.
- the desired low-pass function can be provided by a separate circuit at the input of the comparator or by intrinsic properties of the comparator.
- the second frequency is f2 > 6 • fi, preferably f2 > 12 • fi, and particularly preferably f2 > 24 • fi.
- Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of the measuring device according to the invention
- Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the measuring method according to the invention.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a device 10 for measuring the quiescent current of a vehicle sensor 12.
- the device 10 has a voltage source 14 and a shunt resistor 16.
- the shunt resistor 16 is arranged between the voltage source 14 and a reference node to which the vehicle sensor 12 can be connected.
- the device 10 has a comparator 22, the inputs of the comparator 22 being connected to the two terminals of the shunt resistor 16 via a second resistor 18 and a third resistor 20.
- the first and second resistors 18, 20 can be used to convert the voltage values present at the terminals of the shunt resistor 16 into a range that can be processed by the comparator 22.
- the comparator 22 is designed to output a comparator output signal at its output which depends on the values received at its inputs.
- the output signal of the comparator 22 can additionally depend on an adjustable internal offset of the comparator 22.
- the comparator output signal has a bandwidth of fi.
- the comparator output signal is received and processed by a control unit 30.
- the control unit 30 samples the comparator output signal at a frequency fi, evaluates the sampled comparator output signal and determines a controlled variable that depends on the evaluated signal. For example, it can be provided that an average sensor current is estimated, with the estimate being made on the basis of the past m values. In this case, m can be 4, 6 or 8, for example.
- An integral control unit can thus be provided.
- the present invention is not limited to integral control units. Instead, the control unit described above serves as an illustrative example of the measuring principle that is used according to the prior art.
- the estimated control variable (for example an estimated average quiescent current) can therefore be set depending on the values received from the control unit 30.
- the control variable can be updated, for example, once per microsecond.
- the control unit 30 then generates a control unit output signal and transmits this signal to an offset generator 28.
- the offset generator generates an offset signal that can, for example, be fed into an input path of the comparator 28. Alternatively, it is also possible to feed the offset signal directly into the comparator 22.
- the comparator 22, the control unit 30 and the offset generator 28 together represent a control loop that is designed to adapt the control variable of the control loop until the control variable (for example the estimated average current of the vehicle sensor) adjusts to the actual value.
- the system frequency of the measuring device shown can be 1 MHz.
- the system frequency of the measuring device shown can be 1 MHz.
- FIG. 2 An embodiment of the device 10 according to the invention is shown schematically in Fig. 2.
- the device according to the invention just like the device shown in Fig. 1, also has a voltage source 14 and a shunt resistor 16, which is arranged between the voltage source 14 and a reference node to which a vehicle sensor 12 can be connected.
- the device 10 has a comparator 22, which is designed to receive a voltage value at its first input that depends on the voltage value at the first terminal of the shunt resistor 16, and to receive a voltage value at its second input that depends on the voltage value at the second terminal of the shunt resistor.
- a first resistor 18 and a second resistor 20 are provided between the shunt resistor 16 and the inputs of the comparator 22, which are intended to convert the voltage values at the terminals of the shunt resistor 16 into a range of values that can be evaluated by the comparator 22.
- the device 10 has a third resistor 32, a fourth resistor 34 and a capacitor 36, which together form a low-pass filter circuit 38.
- the low-pass filter circuit 38 makes it possible to suppress high-frequency interference signals that can negatively affect the measurement result. As a result, the device 10 has a high degree of robustness against high-frequency interference.
- the device 10 has an evaluation unit 26 which is designed to sample the comparator output signal at a frequency f2, where f2 > 2 • fi, and then evaluate it.
- f2 1 MHz
- the evaluation unit can record and evaluate 12 values within a measurement period, which is, for example, 1 ps. It can be provided that the evaluation unit is designed to To make a majority decision and to generate an evaluation unit output signal that depends on whether a certain proportion (for example at least 50%) of the received values is set to "high". The evaluation unit output signal is then output to the control unit 30.
- the control unit 30 can then set a controlled variable (for example an estimated average current of the vehicle sensor) depending on the received values and generate a control unit output signal.
- the control unit output signal is then transmitted to an offset generator 28, which is designed to generate an offset signal.
- the offset signal can be fed into an input path of the comparator 22.
- the offset signal can also be fed directly into the comparator itself.
- the evaluation unit 26 and the control unit 30 can be designed to generate an output signal with a first frequency fi, where fi can preferably be 1 MHz.
- the comparator output signal has a bandwidth of fi.
- the comparator output signal is sampled with a second frequency f2, where the second frequency f2 is at least twice as high as the first frequency fi and preferably six times as high, twelve times as high or 24 times as high as the first frequency fi.
- the evaluation unit 26 is designed to generate an evaluation unit output signal that indicates whether the current currently flowing through the shunt resistor 16 is on average above or below the current value determined during the previous measurement period. This can preferably be done via a majority decision in which the sampled values are evaluated within a measurement period.
- the evaluation unit 26 can be designed to determine whether at least six of the twelve output values are greater than the current value determined during the previous measurement period. A majority decision can therefore be made and, in accordance with the majority decision, an evaluation unit output signal can be generated which is updated at a frequency of 1 MHz.
- the device according to the invention allows a robust measurement of the quiescent current of a vehicle sensor, whereby in particular the oversampling allows a higher robustness against interference signals with a frequency of f « fi.
- a first voltage value and a second voltage value are recorded at the inputs of a comparator and a comparator output signal is generated depending on the recorded voltage values.
- the first voltage value depends on the voltage at the first connection of the shunt resistor, while the second voltage value depends on the voltage at the second connection of the shunt resistor.
- the generated comparator output signal is sampled by an evaluation unit that is designed to sample and evaluate the comparator output signal.
- the sampled comparator output signal is evaluated by the evaluation unit and a corresponding evaluation unit output signal is generated.
- the counter reading of a control unit is adapted in a fourth method step 140, whereby a control unit output signal is generated.
- the control unit Output signal is converted into an offset signal using an offset generator, wherein the analog offset signal is fed into the comparator or into an input path of the comparator.
- the control unit output signal and the evaluation unit output signal can each have a first frequency fi, while the evaluation unit is designed to perform the sampling of the comparator output signal with a second frequency f2, wherein the second frequency f2 is at least twice as high as the first frequency fi.
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