Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Souhei Yamakawa

Shizuo Ando

Tadashi Saito

Ichiro Sakamoto

A latch-up restoration circuit for an electronic circuit generating a signal having a predetermined operating frequency such as a microcomputer, comprises a latch-up sensing device sensing a state that the frequency of the signal generated by the electronic circuit is on the outside of a predetermined frequency range and generating a latch-up detection signal, and a power supply inhibiting device inhibiting supply of a power current to the electronic circuit for a predetermined time period in response to the latch-up detection signal. The electronic circuit is automatically resumed to an initial state and the latch-up phenomenon is removed when the supply of the power current is restarted.

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Kawagoe, Japan

Souhei Yamakawa