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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Chikara Tsuchiya, Kasugai, JP;
Inventor:
Chikara Tsuchiya, Kasugai, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/74 (2006.01); H03G 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor apparatus includes: a first transistor; a second transistor having a higher withstand voltage than the first transistor, a source of the second transistor coupled to a drain of the first transistor, a gate of the second transistor coupled to a source of the first transistor; a third transistor having a higher withstand voltage than the first transistor and a drain of the third transistor coupled to a drain of the second transistor; and a comparator that compares a source voltage of the first transistor with a source voltage of the third transistor, and controls a gate voltage of the first transistor.