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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Trong Tao Bui, Hitachinaka, JP;
Koichi Yahata, Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a gate drive circuit that controls a gate voltage applied to a gate terminal of a switching element and drives the switching element. The gate drive circuit includes an overcurrent detection circuit that detects an overcurrent state based on a value of a current flowing through the switching element. A monitor voltage of a power supply line that is connected to the switching element and supplies power to the switching element is input to the overcurrent detection circuit, and the overcurrent detection circuit detects an overvoltage state when the monitor voltage is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.