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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/082 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/0822 (2013.01); H02H 1/0007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A protection device is capable of protecting a load drive system at an appropriate timing according to a temperature of a power semiconductor. The protection device includes: a capacitor configured to output a voltage according to a charge accumulated by a first current; and a protection circuit configured to: (i) determine whether or not the voltage output by the capacitor exceeds a certain threshold value; (ii) generate a second current having a magnitude according to information related to the temperature of the power semiconductor which drives a load; and (iii) change a magnitude of the first current based on the second current.