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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inspection method of a semiconductor integrated circuit for inspecting a circuit having various constitutions without increasing terminals required for implementing an inspection. SOLUTION: Switch circuits 4, 6 and a constant current source 7 are provided in an operational amplifier 1. A constant current source 5 for supplying a constant current during a normal operation is switched by a signal from an external apparatus through a control signal terminal 8. When a power supply voltage of the operational amplifier 1 is set to a normal voltage level VB, a slew rate is measured in a state that a micro constant current is supplied. When the power supply voltage is set to an inspection voltage VT, the constant current during the normal operation is supplied in a state that a voltage corresponding to the inspection voltage VT is applied across a phase compensation capacitor 14. The slew rate is measured again on the same condition as the initial measurement. The measured results before and after an application of the inspection voltage VT are compared, and the quality is determined. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize an overcurrent protection circuit capable of determining a plurality of current levels with one comparator.SOLUTION: A channel in which overcurrent detection is performed is selected in a channel switching circuit 50, a plurality of threshold values for respective channels are set in order in a threshold value switching circuit 60, and current detection for respective channels is performed by a comparison circuit 70 which consists of one comparator. For this reason, a plurality of current levels can be determined by one comparator. Therefore, many comparators become unnecessary, increase in a circuit size can be suppressed, and increase in cost can be suppressed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an abnormal current detection circuit for reducing the time for supplying overcurrent to a load. SOLUTION: When an FET1 is turned on, an abnormal current detection circuit 18 detects that currents IL flowing through a coil 2 change, and decide abnormal current when detecting that the currents IL have changed in excess of a prescribed range. Concretely, the terminal voltage of the coil 2 is compared with first and second reference voltages Vt1 and Vt2 by a first comparator 7 and a second comparator 8, and a time beteen when the terminal voltages exceeds the voltage Vt1 and when the terminal voltage exceeds the voltage Vt2 is measured by an EXOR gate 11 and a timer counter 12, the measurement data are stored in an EEPROM 14. When the difference between the current measurement time CD_N and previous time data CD_O stored in the EEPROM 14 exceeds α, a comparator 15 determines abnormal current. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor integrated circuit for shortening the inspection time while suppressing the increase of external terminals as much as possible when data for inspection is serially input from the outside. SOLUTION: Power of 3V is supplied from the outside to a circuit section 4 to be inspected via a power supply input terminal 12, and power of 5V is supplied to an inspecting circuit section 5 via a power supply input terminal 13. The inspecting circuit section 5 converts the data input serially in a clock cycle via an inspection data input terminal 10 into a parallel state, and the converted data for inspection is level-converted by a level shift circuit 9 and is provided to the circuit section 4 to be inspected. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a backflow prevention circuit capable of performing suitable circuit operation by reducing the number of circuit elements. SOLUTION: Between a power supply terminal 12 and a resistance element 9 that pulls up an input terminal 2, an FET 16 is connected in such a way that the direction of a parasitic diode 16D becomes inverse when it is viewed from a side of the input terminal 2, and a clamp circuit 22 turns on the FET 16 when an over-voltage is applied to the input terminal 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a DC power unit having a standby mode and an active mode for preventing an output voltage from being temporarily lowered due to the influence of an internal capacitor for phase compensation when switching the standby mode to the active mode. SOLUTION: A power source (2a) for active mode to be controlled by an output transistor (Q1) in which the output of an error amplifier (OP1) having a capacitor (C1) for phase compensation whose one end is connected to the output terminal (12) is received through a first switch (SW1) by the control terminal (16) and a power source (3) for standby mode are switched, and power supply is executed. When the operation of the power source for active mode is stopped, the first switch is put in a non-conductive status, and the potential of the output terminal of the error amplifier is maintained as a value equal to the potential of the output terminal in the regular operation of the power source for active mode by an auxiliary constant voltage source (Eo). COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an overcurrent protection circuit that implements overcurrent detection without employing a plurality of comparators.SOLUTION: A drain-source voltage VDS is detected as a detection signal of a load current value I supplied to a load 3 and is AD-converted in an AD converter 6d. The load current value I is acquired from a value digitized by the AD converter 6d and an additive value corresponding to the load current value I is computed by an operation using a relational expression or by means of a table indicating a relationship between the load current value I and the additive value, the additive value is added up, and if the integral value reaches a predetermined determination threshold, a current flowing to the load 3 is limited. When the load current value I is equal to or lower than a constant value, a subtractive value is subtracted from the integral value. If the integral value reaches a first determination threshold, overcurrent detection is asserted.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor drive circuit to detect an abnormality which does not carry a big change to a drive current of a motor. SOLUTION: When a transistor Q3 is turned on by a drive pulse Pd output from a drive pulse generating circuit 13, a capacitor C1 provided between one terminal of the motor 1 and a ground line 5 is charged by current running through a winding of the motor 1. Comparators 15 and 16 compare a terminal voltage Vc of the capacitor C1 after charged with a first threshold voltage Vth1 and a second threshold voltage Vth2. A determination circuit 17 detects a change of an inductance of the winding of the motor 1 based on levels of output signals Sa and Sb of the comparators 15 and 16. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an overvoltage protecting circuit for protecting a load from overvoltage without stopping power supply even if overvoltage occurs between DC power supply lines while an increase of a circuit area is suppressed. SOLUTION: A voltage control circuit 20 switches a transistor M11 in accordance with a terminal voltage VC of a capacitor C11, which rises with a rise of power voltage VB, when a power voltage VB between a power supply line 17 and a ground line 18 exceeds a target line and rises, and repeats charging/discharging of the capacitor C11. A voltage value of the terminal voltage VC is limited to a voltage value between an upper limit value and a lower limit value of protection setting voltage. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a signal generator capable of attaining noise reduction and also suppressing increase in a switching loss in a device for electrifying a current signal of a predetermined waveform to an electric load. SOLUTION: A signal generating means 42 of a driving device 1 generates a control signal in which rising and falling portions of a lamp driving current become a sine wave shape when performing switching control on an FET 2 that controls a current flowing top a lamp 4, and outputs the generated signal to the FET 2. Specifically, an approximate waveform generating means 41 charges a capacitor 37 during a rising term of a PWM signal and discharges the capacitor 37 during a falling term to generate a sine wave-shaped signal through diagonal approximation while switching a terminal voltage increase extent and decrease extent over a plurality of stages and the generated signal is outputted via a low-pass filter 39. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT