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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1990
Koichi Suda, Hitachi, JP;
Hitoshi Matsuzaki, Mito, JP;
Masayuki Wada, Katsuta, JP;
Shoichi Ozeki, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Haramachi Semi-Conductor Ltd., Hitachi, JP;
Abstract
A switching circuit providing detection circuit for detecting a current which flows through a main P-channel MOSFET detection of a floating voltage dependent upon a power supply potential, a reference-voltage generating circuit for generating a reference voltage which is a floating voltage dependent upon the power supply potential and has a constant value independently of variations in power supply potential, a comparator circuit operated on a supply voltage which is a floating voltage dependent upon the power supply potential, for comparing a detected voltage from the detection circuit with the reference voltage from the reference-voltage generating means, to convert the detected voltage into a logic voltage signal (i.e., a bi-level voltage signal and a conversion circuit for converting the logic voltage outputted by the comparator circuit into a voltage measured from a ground potential.