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Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2011
Applicants:

Masanao Yamaoka, White Plains, NY (US);

Kenichi Osada, Tokyo, JP;

Minoru Motoyoshi, Ome, JP;

Tetsuya Fukuoka, Hamura, JP;

Inventors:

Masanao Yamaoka, White Plains, NY (US);

Kenichi Osada, Tokyo, JP;

Minoru Motoyoshi, Ome, JP;

Tetsuya Fukuoka, Hamura, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Information technology equipment includes a circuit block, a local power source line for supplying a power source to the circuit block, a power source line, and a first transistor which is provided with a source-drain path thereof between the power source line and the local power source line, in which the first transistor is controlled to an OFF state in a first state, and is controlled to an ON state in a second state, and when the first state is shifted to the second state, the first transistor is controlled such that a rate of changing a current flowing in the source-drain path of the first transistor does not exceed a predetermined value.


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