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Abstract

An equipment for recognizing misfiring, which is particularly suitable for permanent installation in a motor vehicle. By means of high-pass filters coupled to the plug leads between the spark distributor and the spark plugs, the change to the voltage at the spark plugs associated with the initiation of the ignition spark is sensed. The high-pass filters are so arranged that they only send on a needle-shaped output pulse signal to an analysis circuit if it appears with the change in voltage associated with the spark front. The analysis circuit generates appropriate output signals with reference pulses generated in time with the ignition pulses. The high-pass filters are preferably arranged as simple RC filters whose capacities are coupled to the plug leads by means of peripheral electrodes, which at least partially surround the insulation coatings of the plug leads.

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