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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Hiroshi Yanagigawa, Shiga, JP;
Masaki Kojima, Shiga, JP;
Hiroshi Yanagigawa, Shiga, JP;
Masaki Kojima, Shiga, JP;
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A power switch circuit includes an output transistor which is connected between a first power supply terminal and an output terminal, and drives a load, an abnormality detecting circuit which detects an abnormal state of the output transistor, a resistance element which generates a resistance component by a diffusion layer formed on a well region, and is provided between an input terminal and a control terminal of the output transistor, and a well potential switching circuit which switches a voltage to be supplied to the well region between a voltage of the output terminal and a voltage of a second power supply terminal based on a detection result by the abnormality detecting circuit.