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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2000
Kazuyoshi Ogasawara, Susono, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A switching device includes a phase controlling circuit (,) which shifts and outputs a phase of a command signal, and a plurality of switching units (,) connected in parallel between a power supply (,) and a load (,). Each of the plurality of switching units (,) includes a driving circuit (,) which outputs a drive signal in response to the command signal from the phase controlling circuit (,), a first semiconductor switch (QA) inserted in a power supply circuit connecting the power supply (,) and the load (,), and adapted to conduct in response to the drive signal and close the power supply circuit, a resistor (Rr,) connected to the power supply (,) to form a shunt circuit, a second semiconductor switch (QB) inserted in the shunt circuit, and adapted to conduct in response to the drive signal and close the shunt circuit, and a comparator (CMP,) which compares an output voltage from the first semiconductor switch (QA) and an output voltage from the second semiconductor switch (QB), and stops the driving circuit (,) from outputting the drive signal when the output voltage from the second semiconductor switch (QB) is higher than the output voltage from the first semiconductor switch (QA).