Patent ID: 8596065

Claim:
A control device for an internal combustion engine comprising: a supercharger having a compressor, provided in an intake air passage of the internal combustion engine, an EGR unit circulating exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine to the upstream side of the compressor in the intake air passage; an intake air bypass passage for connecting the upstream side of the compressor in the intake air passage to the downstream side of the compressor in the intake air passage; an opening/closing unit provided in the intake air bypass passage, and an EGR amount control unit reducing the amount of exhaust gas circulated to the upstream side of the compressor when the opening/closing unit opens the intake air bypass passage to a degree of opening exceeding a predetermined degree of opening of zero or larger, wherein the EGR amount control unit includes an EGR amount recovery device for, after the amount of exhaust gas has been reduced, increasing the amount of the exhaust gas from the reduced level when a predetermined time period has elapsed.