Switch device
In a switch device, an output voltage output by a microcomputer is input to one end of a resistor. A driving circuit switches a main switch on or off according to a resistor voltage at the other end of the resistor. When all of a plurality of specific voltages included in a plurality of output voltages output by the microcomputer are an output threshold or more, an AND circuit of an adjustment circuit reduces the resistor voltage.
1. A switch device comprising:
an output unit configured to output a plurality of voltages;
a switch;
a resistor whose one end receives one output voltage output by the output unit;
a switching circuit configured to switch the switch on or off according to a resistor voltage at the other end of the resistor; and
a reduction circuit configured to, when all of a plurality of specific voltages included in the plurality of output voltages output by the output unit are an output threshold or more, reduce the resistor voltage.
2. The switch device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the switching circuit, when the resistor voltage has increased to a resistor threshold or more, switches the switch on, and when the resistor voltage has decreased below the resistor threshold, switches the switch off, and
when all of the plurality of specific voltages are the output threshold or more, the reduction circuit reduces the resistor voltage to below the resistor threshold.
3. The switch device according to claim 2 , wherein the output threshold is less than the resistor threshold.
4. The switch device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a current flows through a resistor member having a resistance component and a conductor in this order,
the output unit adjusts the plurality of output voltages relative to a first potential at one end of the resistor member on an upstream side,
the switching circuit switches the switch on or off according to the resistor voltage relative to a second potential at a place different from the one end of the resistor member on the upstream side, and
the reduction circuit reduces the resistor voltage when all of the plurality of specific voltages relative to the second potential are the output threshold or more.
5. The switch device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a second switch whose one end is connected to the other end of the resistor,
wherein when the second switch is on, a current flows through the resistor, the second switch, and the conductor in this order, and
the reduction circuit, when all of the plurality of specific voltages are the output threshold or more, switches the second switch on.
6. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the output voltage output by the output unit to the one end of the resistor is one of the plurality of specific voltages.
7. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the output voltage output by the output unit to the one end of the resistor is different from the plurality of specific voltages.
8. The switch device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first circuit board; and
a second circuit board different from the first circuit board,
wherein the output unit is disposed on the first circuit board, and
the switch, the resistor, the switching circuit, and the reduction circuit are disposed on the second circuit board.