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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Tadatoshi Asada, Anjo, JP;
Hideto Okahara, Kariya, JP;
Susumu Ueda, Okazaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/08 (2006.01); H02H 9/02 (2006.01); G05F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An overcurrent protecting device for protecting a semiconductor element from an overcurrent includes: the semiconductor element; a shunt resistor for detecting the overcurrent when the electric current in the semiconductor element exceeds a threshold value; a reference resistor for setting the threshold value; a constant electric current circuit for supplying a constant electric current to the reference resistor; and a comparator for comparing a terminal voltage of the shunt resistor and a terminal voltage of the reference resistor. The shunt resistor is made of a same kind of resistor as the reference resistor.