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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2012
Hiroshi Shimomura, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Masaru Numano, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Shimomura, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Masaru Numano, Saitama-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a power supply terminal, an output terminal, a high side output transistor including a first electrode connected to the power supply terminal, a second electrode connected to the output terminal, and a control electrode, a transistor which is connected between the control electrode and the second electrode of the high side output transistor and which short-circuits the control electrode and the second electrode in an on state, a trigger circuit connected between the power supply terminal and the control electrode of the transistor, and an Electro Static Discharge (ESD) protection circuit connected between the power supply terminal and the output terminal. When a voltage larger than a maximum rating voltage is applied to the power supply terminal, the trigger circuit operates, the transistor turns on, the high side output transistor turns off, and the ESD protection circuit operates.