IP Library Granted Patent US 12679293
Granted Patent B2
US 12679293 · App. 18/842,841 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Power supply system and electronic control device

Inventors: Takayasu Norimatsu (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Kogo (Tokyo, JP); Koji Maeda (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
B60R16/0231B60R16/033H02J9/061
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12679293
App. No.
18/842,841
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first switch circuit provided between a first control circuit and a first power supply interrupts supply of a first voltage to the first control circuit in a case where a voltage drop of the first voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold, a second switch circuit connected to a communication line used for communication between the first power supply and a second control circuit interrupts supply of the first voltage to the communication line in a case where the voltage drop of the first voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold, and a power supply switch circuit connected to the first control circuit and the communication line switches a supply source of a power supply voltage to the first control circuit from the first power supply to the second power supply.

Claims (30)

1 . A power supply system comprising:

a first control circuit;

a first power supply that outputs a first voltage supplied to the first control circuit as a power supply voltage;

a first switch circuit that is connected to the first power supply and the first control circuit and interrupts power supply of the first voltage to the first control circuit;

a second switch circuit that is connected to a communication line used for communication between the first power supply and a second control circuit and interrupts supply of the first voltage to the communication line;

a second power supply that outputs a second voltage supplied to the second control circuit as a power supply voltage; and

a power supply switch circuit that is connected to the first control circuit and the communication line and supplies the second voltage to the first control circuit via the communication line when the supply of the first voltage to the first control circuit is interrupted by the first switch circuit, wherein

power supply of the first voltage to the second control circuit and power supply of the second voltage to the first control circuit are bidirectional power transmission using the communication line,

the first switch circuit interrupts the supply of the first voltage to the first control circuit in a case where a voltage drop of the first voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold,

the second switch circuit interrupts the supply of the first voltage to the communication line in a case where the voltage drop of the first voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold, and

the power supply switch circuit switches a supply source of the power supply voltage to the first control circuit from the first power supply to the second power supply.

2 . The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first switch circuit supplies the first voltage to the first control circuit in a case where the voltage drop of the first voltage is smaller than a threshold,

the second switch circuit supplies the first voltage to the communication line in a case where the voltage drop of the first voltage is smaller than a threshold and a voltage drop of the second voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold, and

the power supply switch circuit cuts off the communication line from the first control circuit.

3 . The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first switch circuit includes a first switching element that energizes between the first power supply and the first control circuit when the voltage drop of the first voltage is smaller than a threshold, and a switching element that is connected between the first power supply and the first control circuit in series with the first switching element and having opposite polarity,

the second switch circuit includes a second switching element that energizes between the first power supply and the communication line when a voltage drop of both the first voltage and the second voltage is smaller than a threshold, and a switching element connected between the first power supply and the communication line in series with the second switching element and having opposite polarity, and

the power supply switch circuit includes a third switching element that energizes between the first control circuit and the communication line when the voltage drop of the first voltage is smaller than a threshold, and a switching element connected between the first control circuit and the communication line in series with the third switching element and having opposite polarity.

4 . The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the power supply of the first voltage to the first control circuit is interrupted, the first control circuit notifies an external device that the first power supply is abnormal.

5 . An electronic control device comprising:

a first control circuit to which a first voltage is supplied from a first power supply as a power supply voltage;

a first switch circuit that is connected to the first power supply and the first control circuit and interrupts power supply of the first voltage to the first control circuit;

a second switch circuit that is connected to the first power supply and a communication line used for communication with a second control circuit to which a second voltage is supplied from a second power supply as a power supply voltage, the second switch circuit interrupting supply of the first voltage to the communication line; and

a power supply switch circuit that is connected to the first control circuit and the communication line and supplies the second voltage to the first control circuit via the communication line when the supply of the first voltage to the first control circuit is interrupted by the first switch circuit, wherein

power supply of the first voltage to the second control circuit and power supply of the second voltage to the first control circuit are bidirectional power transmission using the communication line,

the first switch circuit interrupts the supply of the first voltage to the first control circuit in a case where a voltage drop of the first voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold,

the second switch circuit interrupts the supply of the first voltage to the communication line in a case where the voltage drop of the first voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold, and

the power supply switch circuit switches a supply source of the power supply voltage to the first control circuit from the first power supply to the second power supply.