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Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2017
Applicant:

Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Inventor:

Taichi Watanabe, Kariya, JP;

Assignee:

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/20 (2006.01); H03K 7/08 (2006.01); H03K 17/082 (2006.01); H03K 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/205 (2013.01); H03K 7/08 (2013.01); H03K 17/082 (2013.01); H03K 2017/0806 (2013.01);
Abstract

When a temperature is less than a first threshold, a protection circuit unit executes a normal operation by a pulse width modulation. When the temperature is greater than or equal to the first threshold and is less than a second threshold, the protection circuit unit executes a first heat dissipation suppressing operation that suppresses a self-heating of a switching element. When the temperature is greater than or equal to the second threshold, the protection circuit unit executes a full off operation that terminates the switching element. When the temperature is decreased to be less than the first threshold and to be greater than or equal to a third threshold after the temperature becomes greater than or equal to the second threshold, the protection circuit unit executes a second heat dissipation suppressing operation that suppresses a heat dissipated due to an energization of the switching element.


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