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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Hiroyuki Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Ohmichi, Tokyo, JP;
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first transistor is turned on when an H-level signal is input. A power supply voltage is applied to a gate electrode of a first switching element to charge a miller capacitance of the first switching element. As a result, gate voltage of the first switching element rises gradually and the first switching element is turned on. In this manner, the first switching element is controlled so that switching speed of the first switching element decreases. During this time, a through current caused by a backward recovery current of a fly-wheel diode connected to the first switching element is reduced. When the gate voltage of the first switching element exceeds a logic inversion voltage, the first switching element is controlled so that the switching speed is increased.