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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Osamu Soma, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/317 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/31715 (2013.01); G01R 31/2851 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: a drive circuit; a standby circuit; and a detection circuit. The drive circuit turns on an output transistor connected to a load based on an active input signal. The standby circuit intermittently outputs an output signal based on a non-active input signal. The detection circuit measures voltage of a load side of the output transistor based on the output signal and output a measurement result.