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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Abe, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cascode circuit () is provided with a switching element (Q) which is normally off by default, a switching element (Q) and a clamp circuit (). A source of the switching element (Q) is connected to a drain of the switching element (Q). The cascode circuit () engages in a normally-off operation through a gate driving circuit () connected to a gate of the switching element (Q). The clamp circuit () is provided between a power source terminal (P) of the gate driving circuit () and the drain of the switching element (Q). A power source (E) is connected to the power source terminal (P). When the gate driving circuit () operates to turn off the switching element (Q) and the switching element (Q), the clamp circuit () clamps a voltage between the drain and the source of the switching element (Q) to a power source voltage (V) supplied from the power source (E).