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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Eguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takamasa Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: a switching device including a main portion and a current sensing portion for detecting a current value of the main portion; a control IC including a gate drive unit that drives the switching device; a sensing resistor connected between an emitter of the main portion and an emitter of the current sensing portion and formed inside the control IC; a comparator comparing a sense voltage applied to the sensing resistor with a reference voltage; and a shut-down circuit shutting down an energization of the switching device when the sense voltage exceeds the reference voltage, wherein the sense voltage is more than or equal to 1 V when the energization of the switching device is shut down.