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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2013
Applicants:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kouji Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Masaaki Nakayama, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Aoki, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Okamoto, Saitama, JP;
Masaharu Ando, Saitama, JP;
Yosuke Tsuchiya, Saitama, JP;
Assignees:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0887 (2013.01); H05B 33/0809 (2013.01); H05B 33/0878 (2013.01);
Abstract
A leakage current detection circuit detects a switch current flowing in a switch which is targeted for leakage monitoring, and generates a detection signal to prohibit operation of a control target circuit which is targeted for control when the switch current does not reach a predetermined threshold value.