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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Mitsuru Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuru Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention has an output field-effect transistor formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate; an overcurrent detection circuit detecting an overcurrent of the output field-effect transistor; and an overcurrent limiting circuit which is connected between the gate electrode terminal and the source electrode terminal of the output field-effect transistor, controls the detected current of the overcurrent detection circuit and varies its output voltage according to variation in threshold voltage of the output field-effect transistor.