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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;

Inventors:

Issei Toda, Hitachinaka, JP;

Satoru Shigeta, Hitachinaka, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/20 (2006.01); H02H 11/00 (2006.01); H02H 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/20 (2013.01); H02H 3/085 (2013.01); H02H 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

An internal electric circuit device that is connected to a connector terminal at the time of being short-circuited can be protected, but a load connected to the connector terminal has not been able to be protected. When a voltage of a cathode of a diode becomes a voltage equal to or more that an output voltage of a power source circuit by a short circuit of a positive terminal, an output voltage of an amplifier changes from the output voltage of the power source circuit to a voltage of a point connected to a negative power terminal of the OP amplifier. When the output voltage of the amplifier becomes 0 V, a voltage difference between the gate and the source of a switching element becomes equal to or more than a predetermined voltage. Therefore, the drain and the source of the switching element enter an open state, and the current flowing a negative terminal is blocked. Therefore, it is possible to protect a load from overcurrent.


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