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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takuya Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihito Kawakami, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Uehara, Kyoto, JP;
Ginga Katase, Kyoto, JP;
PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A driver circuit which is supplied with a positive power supply voltage, a negative power supply voltage, and an input signal, and drives a switching element including a control terminal according to the input signal includes: a first output terminal connected to the control terminal via a first impedance circuit, and outputs the positive power supply voltage or the negative power supply voltage according to the input signal, to charge the control terminal and put the switching element into an ON state; a negative power supply terminal supplied with the negative power supply voltage; a negative voltage switch having a first end connected to the negative power supply terminal; a third output terminal connected to a second end of the negative voltage switch and to the control terminal via a second impedance circuit; and a first discharge switch disposed between the negative power supply terminal and the first output terminal.