Smart Key ECU (SMK ECU)

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The SMK ECU manages all functions related to "Passive Unlock", "Passive Lock" and "Passive Authorization for Engine Start Operation".

It reads the inputs (from Push button in door handle, Start Stop Button (SSB), PARK position Switch), controls the outputs (e.g. from exterior and interior antennas), and communicates via the CAN as well as a single line interface to other devices of the car.

To communicate with the SMART KEY FOB, SMK ECU generates a request (challenge) in an encoded and modulated 125 kHz signals at the inductive antenna outputs and receives the SMART KEY FOB's response via the external RF receiver.

The main functional blocks of the SMK ECU are:

Power supply
Microcontroller with FLASH Memory
Single Line Interface to SRX
Single Line Interface to EMS
Input stage
LF antenna amplifier/driver
CAN communication with BCM

The LF antenna amplifier/driver generates 125 kHz sinusoidal carrier signals that are distributed to different antennas.