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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Hiroshi Shimizu, Kariya, JP;
Kengo Mochiki, Kariya, JP;
Yuu Yamahira, Kariya, JP;
Tetsuya Matsuoka, Kariya, JP;
Kazuma Fukushima, Kariya, JP;
Mitsunori Kimura, Kariya, JP;
Yasuyuki Ohkouchi, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a driving apparatus for switches connected in parallel to each other, drivers respectively turn on or off the switches. A temperature obtainer obtains a value of a temperature parameter correlating with a temperature of at least one of the first and second switches. A selector selects at least one of the switches as at least one drive target switch. A driver causes at least one of the drivers to turn on the at least one drive target switch during an on duration and thereafter turn off the at least one drive target switch in each target switching cycle. The selector adjusts the number of the selected at least one drive target switch based on the value of the temperature parameter.