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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1998
Hideaki Masui, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A break display apparatus for an intelligent power IC incorporating an overcurrent/overheating protection function. The break display apparatus includes a plurality of intelligent power ICs each incorporating an overcurrent/overheating protection function of detecting overcurrent/overheating for a load to break it, a pulse generating unit connected to the plurality of intelligent power ICs for generating a pulse signal having the number of pulses corresponding to a broken intelligent power IC as a signal for specifying the broken intelligent power IC on the basis of a break signal from the broken intelligent power IC, and a warning lamp for indicating the visual information of the broken intelligent power IC in response to the pulse signal generated by the pulse generating unit.