US 11,858,441 B2
Control unit and method for activating a personal protection means of a vehicle
Hartmut Schumacher, Freiberg (DE); Carsten List, Walheim (DE); and Ruediger Karner, Kornwestheim (DE)
Assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/610,822
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069371
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/013560, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 210 706.0 (DE), filed on Jul. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203915 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 21/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/01 (2013.01) [B60R 2021/01054 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01286 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control unit for activating a personal protection device of a vehicle, comprising:
a compute module, which is in one-piece and which includes a first area including a permanently wired processing structure and a second area including a programmable processing structure, the compute module being configured to carry out a processing instruction for activating the personal protection device in at least the second area; and
a clock generator, which is formed or situated outside the compute module, wherein the clock generator is a quartz oscillator or includes a quartz oscillator.