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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2020
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Shinichiro Nakata, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes digital output terminals and output circuits. Each output circuit includes a switch, and applies a potential, which corresponds to either one of binary logic levels, to corresponding one of the digital output terminals through the switch. An indefinite range is interposed between one of the binary logic levels and the other one of the binary logic levels. The output circuits respectively include potential fixers. Each potential fixer has an identical circuit arrangement, and the potential fixer fixes a potential applied to the digital output terminals through the switch to a potential corresponding to either one of the binary logic levels apart from the indefinite range, in response to that a short circuit occurs between the digital output terminals.