LOAD DRIVING DEVICE AND IN-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE USING SAME

• Main Authors: KOBAYASHI, Youichirou, SONEHARA, Masahito
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.01.2024
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; PULSE TECHNIQUE

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a load driving device that is equipped with a gate current measurement circuit that can perform a high-speed switching operation. This load driving device drives a load by controlling ON/OFF of a switching element by applying a voltage to a gate terminal of the switching element. The load driving device comprises: the switching element; a gate driving circuit that applies a gate voltage of the switching element; and a current measurement circuit that measures the current of the gate terminal of the switching element. The gate driving circuit outputs a voltage that is restricted to be within a rated voltage range of an applied gate voltage of the switching element. The current measurement circuit measures a gate current of the switching element that flows from a power source, which has a voltage outside the rated voltage range of the applied gate voltage, via the gate driving circuit.