IP Library Granted Patent US 10,637,232
Granted Patent B2
US 10,637,232 · App. 15/736,333 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Electric circuit device

Inventors: Issei Toda (Hitachinaka, JP); Satoru Shigeta (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
H02H7/20H02H3/085H02H11/002
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,637,232
App. No.
15/736,333
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An internal electric circuit device that is connected to a connector terminal at the time of being short-circuited can be protected, but a load connected to the connector terminal has not been able to be protected. When a voltage of a cathode of a diode becomes a voltage equal to or more that an output voltage of a power source circuit by a short circuit of a positive terminal, an output voltage of an amplifier changes from the output voltage of the power source circuit to a voltage of a point connected to a negative power terminal of the OP amplifier. When the output voltage of the amplifier becomes 0 V, a voltage difference between the gate and the source of a switching element becomes equal to or more than a predetermined voltage. Therefore, the drain and the source of the switching element enter an open state, and the current flowing a negative terminal is blocked. Therefore, it is possible to protect a load from overcurrent.

Claims (28)

1. An electric circuit device comprising:

a positive terminal and a negative terminal to which a load is connected;

a power source circuit which supplies an output voltage;

a reverse current prevention circuit which is connected between a side near the output voltage of the power source circuit and the positive terminal; and

a switching circuit which is connected to the negative terminal,

wherein the reverse current prevention circuit controls the switching circuit to block a current flowing from the positive terminal to the negative terminal through the load in a case where a voltage of the positive terminal is equal to or more than a predetermined value, and

wherein the load is a resistor for detecting a state that a resistance varies according to a temperature.

2. An electric circuit device comprising:

a positive terminal and a negative terminal to which a load is connected;

a power source circuit which supplies an output voltage;

a reverse current prevention circuit which is connected between a side near the output voltage of the power source circuit and the positive terminal; and

a switching circuit which is connected to the negative terminal,

wherein the reverse current prevention circuit controls the switching circuit to block a current flowing from the positive terminal to the negative terminal through the load in a case where a voltage of the positive terminal is equal to or more than a predetermined value, and

wherein a current sensor is connected to a side near the output voltage of the power source circuit.

3. The electric circuit device according to claim 2 ,

wherein, in a case where a wiring from the positive terminal to the load is short-circuited, the reverse current prevention circuit determines that a voltage of the positive terminal is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

4. The electric circuit device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the reverse current prevention circuit includes an OP amplifier which is connected to the positive terminal and a diode which is connected between an output terminal of the OP amplifier and a junction through which a path is negatively fed back to the OP amplifier, and

wherein the switching circuit is controlled on the basis of a voltage between the output terminal of the OP amplifier and the diode.

5. An electric circuit device comprising:

a positive terminal and a negative terminal to which a load is connected;

a power source circuit which supplies an output voltage;

a reverse current prevention circuit which is connected between a side near the output voltage of the power source circuit and the positive terminal; and

a switching circuit which is connected to the negative terminal,

wherein the reverse current prevention circuit controls the switching circuit to block a current flowing from the positive terminal to the negative terminal through the load in a case where a voltage of the positive terminal is equal to or more than a predetermined value,

wherein, in a case where a wiring from the positive terminal to the load is short-circuited, the reverse current prevention circuit determines that a voltage of the positive terminal is equal to or more than a predetermined value, and

wherein the reverse current prevention circuit includes an OP amplifier which is connected to the positive terminal and a diode which is connected between an output terminal of the OP amplifier and a junction through which a path is negatively fed back to the OP amplifier, and

wherein the switching circuit is controlled on the basis of a voltage between the output terminal of the OP amplifier and the diode.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: TODA, ISSEI; SHIGETA, SATORU
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044397/0515 →