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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2019
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Shusuke Kawai, Fujisawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
An electronic circuit of the embodiments includes at least one first n-type transistor, at least one first p-type transistor, a supply circuit, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The supply supplies current to a control terminal of a semiconductor switching element. The detection circuit acquires a value associated with a voltage at a first terminal of the semiconductor switching element. The control circuit causes one type of transistors of the first n-type transistors and the first p-type transistors to be in the non-driven state and causing at least one of the other type of transistors to be in the driven state, at least based on the value associated with the voltage. The first n-type transistor is electrically connected to a reference potential and the control terminal, and the first p-type transistor is electrically connected to a power supply potential and the control terminal.