摘要 |
Occupancy detector apparatus including a metallic electrode disposed to cooperate with the body of an automobile to form an occupant sensing capacitor, a reference capacitor, and an IC capacitance detecting and logic generating circuit. The IC includes a current source for continuously supplying charging current to the sensing capacitor and the reference capacitor, a first charge detecting circuit for detecting the charge on the sensing capacitor, a second charge detecting circuit for detecting the charge on the reference capacitor, and a comparator circuit for comparing the output signals developed by the first and second charge detecting circuits and for developing a logic output commensurate with the relationship between the capacitances of the sensing capacitor and the reference capacitor.
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