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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shunichi Kaeriyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Renesas Electronics Corporation, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2013.01); G01R 19/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power control circuit according to one embodiment includes an H-bridge circuit formed using a plurality of power transistors. The power transistors are respectively connected to current measurement circuits that measure currents flowing through the power transistors. Each of the power transistors includes a main emitter and a sense emitter through which a current corresponding to a current flowing through the main emitter flows. Each of the current measurement circuits measures a current flowing through each of the power transistors by using a current flowing through the sense emitter included in the power transistor. A control circuit controls the power transistors based on current values respectively measured by the current measurement circuits.


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