Single-spark ignition coils
With systems with single-spark ignition coils ,one ignition coil with primary and secondary winding is assigned to each cylinder.These ignition coils are usually installed directly at the cylinder head above the spark plug.
These coils are also connected with the primary winding at terminal 15 (voltage supply
plus) and at terminal 1 (ground) with the control unit. The secondary winding is connected with the output of terminal 4 to the spark plug .If a terminal 4b should be present , this connection is used to monitor misfiring .Triggering is in the sequence specified
by the control unit .
A single-spark coil's circuit corresponds to that of a conventional ignition coil . In addition, a high-voltage diode is used in the secondary circuit to suppress the so-called closing spark .The undesired spark produced when the primary winding is switched on through selfinduction in the secondary winding is suppressed by this diode. This is possible since the secondary voltage of the closing spark has opposite polarity to the ignition spark. The diode blocks in this direction .
With single-spark coils the second output of the secondary winding is routed to ground
through terminal 4b . A measuring resistor is installed in the ground cable to monitor
ignition, this represents the drop in voltage caused by the ignition current during sparkover as a measured parameter for the control unit. |