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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2008
Applicant:
Hiroshi Kawamura, Kashihara, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Kawamura, Kashihara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switching circuit for preventing malfunction of a switching device formed of a wide band-gap semiconductor used for switching a high-power main power supply includes a normally-off type FET having a gate electrode, a source electrode connected to the ground, and a drain electrode connected to a power supply potential Vdd, and a normally-on type FET having drain and source electrodes connected to the gate and source electrodes of the FET, respectively, and a gate electrode. In the absence of any power supply, the normally-on type FET turns on. As a result, the gate/source potential of FET attains to 0V, and FET is kept off.