IP Library Granted Patent US 9,503,076
Granted Patent B2
US 9,503,076 · App. 14/726,057 · Granted Nov 22, 2016

Gate potential control circuit

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,503,076
App. No.
14/726,057
Granted
Nov 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gate potential control circuit includes a driving switching element, a first gate potential supply part, a first switching element, a first resistor, and a first operational amplifier. The first operational amplifier includes an output portion connected to a gate of the first switching element, an inverting input into which a first reference potential is input, and a non-inverting input into which a closer one of a first value and a second value to a potential of the first gate potential supply part is input. The first value is based on a potential difference obtained by subtracting a potential of a terminal of the first resistor on a driving switching element side from a potential of a terminal of the first resistor on a first gate potential supply part side. The second value is based on a potential of a terminal of the first switching element.

Claims (17)

1. A gate potential control circuit, comprising:

a driving switching element;

a first gate potential supply part;

a first switching element and a first resistor that are connected in series between a gate of the driving switching element and the first gate potential supply part; and

a first operational amplifier that includes

an output portion connected to a gate of the first switching element,

an inverting input into which a first reference potential is input, and

a non-inverting input into which a closer one of a first value and a second value to a potential of the first gate potential supply part is input, the first value being based on a potential difference obtained by subtracting a potential of a terminal of the first resistor on a driving switching element side from a potential of a terminal of the first resistor on a first gate potential supply part side, the second value being based on a potential of a terminal of the first switching element.

2. The gate potential control circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second gate potential supply part configured to supply a gate-off potential lower than a gate-on potential supplied by the first gate potential supply part;

a second switching element and a second resistor that are connected in series between the gate of the driving switching element and the second gate potential supply part; and

a second operational amplifier that includes

an output portion connected to a gate of the second switching element,

an inverting input into which a second reference potential is input, and

a non-inverting input into which a lower one of a third value and a fourth value is input, the third value being based on a potential difference obtained by subtracting a potential of a terminal of the second resistor on the driving switching element side from a potential of a terminal of the second resistor on a second gate potential supply part side, the fourth value being based on a potential of a terminal of the second switching element on the driving switching element side.

3. The gate potential control circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising

a third resistor connected between the gate of the driving switching element and the first switching element.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052285/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2015
From: WASEKURA, MASAKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 035747/0301 →