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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Satoshi Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Shinobu Tashiro, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a sensor device that suppresses a malfunction caused by a negative surge or a voltage drop. A sensor device includes a sensor element having an electrical characteristic varying according to a physical amount, a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal of the sensor element, a transistor element interposed between a power source terminal and the signal processing circuit, a resistive element configured to connect a drain and a gate of the transistor element, or a collector and a base of the transistor element, and an element having threshold voltage for connecting the gate or the base of the transistor element to a GND. The element regulates current flowing from the resistive element in a direction of the GND, in a case in which supply voltage to the signal processing circuit falls below the threshold voltage.