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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2020
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kazushi Shimamoto, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yuuki Sugisawa, Yokkaichi, JP;
AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure realizes a configuration capable of setting and changing the value of a voltage that is output from a voltage regulator, while suppressing an increase in the size of an apparatus and keeping the apparatus from being complex. A control unit of a voltage regulator operates to switch a state of each port to either a first state or a second state. An input circuit unit applies a voltage corresponding to the combination of the first states at the ports to the base of a transistor. Electricity flows through the transistor when at least one of the ports is in the first state. A switch is turned on when electricity flows through the transistor. A Zener diode sets an output voltage applied to a second conductive path to a voltage corresponding to a voltage applied to the base of the transistor.