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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Kunio Matsubara, Hino, JP;
Ryoga Kiguchi, Tachikawa, JP;
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a short circuit determination apparatus including: a sensor configured to detect, in a switching device that has a control terminal, a first main terminal, and a second main terminal, a temporal change of a main current flowing between the first main terminal and the second main terminal; and a short circuit determination unit configured to determine that the switching device is short-circuited, in a case where the temporal change of the main current is larger than or equal to a first threshold value, after a first timing after a control signal for driving the control terminal is turned on.