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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2020
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Kimura, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 5/00 (2016.01); H02P 6/28 (2016.01); H02P 6/08 (2016.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/28 (2016.02); H02P 6/08 (2013.01); H03K 17/687 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a control circuit that supplies, in accordance with a drive mode, drive signals to first to fourth switching elements connected to first and second output ends that supply excitation current and a power source and a ground therebetween, and the drive mode includes a discharge mode that turns ON the first and third switching elements on the power source side and a discharge mode that turns ON the second and fourth switching elements on the ground side.