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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H02H 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/205 (2013.01); H01L 27/0259 (2013.01); H01L 27/0266 (2013.01); H01L 27/0296 (2013.01); H01L 27/0255 (2013.01); H02H 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes, for example, an external terminal, an output element, a detecting element configured to detect occurrence of a negative voltage at the external terminal, and an off-circuit configured to forcibly turn off the output element when the detecting element detects occurrence of the negative voltage.