Patent ID: 7271558
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: F02D,F02P

Abstract:
1. A method of generating electrical pulses, which comprises: providing a reference source, program-controlled calculation means connected to receive input signals from the reference source, and a pulse generation circuit connected to receive control values from the calculation means; feeding input signals from the reference source into the calculation means; calculating, with the calculation means and with entered parameters, control values dependent on the input signals for controlling the pulse generation circuit; generating, at an output of the pulse generation circuit, a temporal sequence of electrical voltage levels in dependence on the control values; wherein the entered parameters in each case comprise a value pair with a first value representing a size of the entered parameter and a second value representing a type of the entered parameter, and the size for the parameter in the calculation means is processed as a function of the type of the entered parameter, and the parameters defining a pulse represent time values and/or angular values; and wherein the definition of a pulse is different during different processing cycles.