Driving circuit for semiconductor element, method for driving semiconductor element, and motor control apparatus
US11342832B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 23, 2020 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B70/10
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A driving circuit for a semiconductor circuit which includes a pair of main terminals through which a main current is conducted and a control terminal to which a control voltage is applied to control a circulation state of the main current, includes: driving voltage switching circuitry that receives a control signal, instructs switching between driving voltages based on a change in the control signal, and outputs a driving voltage, among the driving voltages, that has been selected in the switching; low-speed control circuitry that instructs an increase-decrease change in the control voltage at a low speed; speed-increase control circuitry that executes a speed-increase control of increasing a speed of the increase-decrease change made by the low-speed control circuitry; and speed-increase switching circuitry that instructs switching between an execution and a non-execution of the speed-increase control, and instructs switching between levels of a speed-increase change caused by the speed-increase control.
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