Strobe light control circuit and IGBT device

1. A strobe light control circuit comprising:

a light emitter;

an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) device configured to turn on/off a current flowing in said light emitter, with said light emitter connected between an emitter and a collector of said IGBT device; and

a drive circuit configured to apply a voltage signal for driving said IGBT device between said emitter and a gate of said IGBT device, wherein said IGBT device includes:

an IGBT chip;

a first emitter terminal configured to electrically connect said light emitter to an emitter electrode of said IGBT chip through a plurality of wire connections; and

a second emitter terminal configured to connect said drive circuit to said emitter electrode of said IGBT chip, and

said first emitter terminal and said second emitter terminal are individually and electrically-independently connected to said emitter electrode.

2. An insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) device for controlling a strobe light configured to turn on/off a current flowing in a light emitter, comprising:

an IGBT chip;

a lead frame on which said IGBT chip is mounted, serving as an external connection terminal configured to electrically connect said light emitter to a collector electrode of said IGBT chip;

a gate terminal serving as an external connection terminal configured to apply a voltage signal for driving said IGBT chip to a gate electrode of said IGBT chip;

a first emitter terminal serving as an external connection terminal configured to electrically connect said light emitter to an emitter electrode of said IGHT chip through a plurality of wire connections; and

a second emitter terminal serving as an external connection terminal configured to apply a reference voltage for said voltage signal to said emitter electrode of said IGBT chip, wherein

said first emitter terminal and said second emitter terminal are individually and electrically-independently connected to said emitter electrode by wire bonding.

3. The IGBT device according to claim 2 , wherein

said lead frame extends out from a package of said IGBT device in a first direction, and

said gate terminal and said first and second emitter terminals extend out from said package in a second direction opposite to said first direction.

4. The IGBT device according to claim 3 , wherein

said second emitter terminal is provided adjacent to said gate terminal.

5. The IGBT device according to claim 2 , wherein

said lead frame and said second emitter terminal extend out from a package of said IGBT device in a first direction, and

said gate terminal and said first emitter terminal extend out from said package in a second direction opposite to said first direction.