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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Yuri Ohara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yasushi Sugiyama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takeo Yamashita, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masahiro Doi, Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
A load driving device includes a synchronous rectifier circuit having a driving-side switching element and a reflux-side switching element; a driver control circuit controls the synchronous rectifier circuit; and a voltage monitor circuit that monitors whether the voltage of an output terminal of the synchronous rectifier circuit is within a predetermined voltage range; where the driver control circuit, upon receiving a diagnosis command, performs control so that when the driving-side switching element is switched from ON to OFF, the reflux-Side switching element is also switched to OFF; and the voltage monitor circuit detects a normal state when the voltage to be monitored is within a normal level during a period in which both the driving-side switching element and the reflux-side switching element are turned OFF.