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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
Shouichi Okuda, Nukata-gun, JP;
Shouichi Okuda, Nukata-gun, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A load drive device for driving an electrical load includes high-side and low-side transistors, and a switch. When the load is driven, each of the high-side and low-side transistors operates in a first mode where each of the high-side and low-side transistors is fully tuned on or in a second mode where each of the high-side and low-side transistors is controlled so that a load current flowing through the load is constant. When the load is driven, there is a first state where the high-side transistor operates in the second mode and the low-side transistor operates in the first mode and a second state where the high-side transistor operates in the first mode and the low-side transistor operates in the second mode. The switch switches between the first and second states to distribute heat generation between the high-side and low-side transistors.