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- Patent Title: Excess voltage protection circuit, method of protecting a circuit from excess voltage, and semiconductor apparatus having the excess voltage protection circuit
- Patent Title (中): 过电压保护电路,保护电路免受过电压的影响,以及具有过电压保护电路的半导体装置
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Application No.: US12063006Application Date: 2007-05-15
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Publication No.: US07864495B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Tadayoshi Ueda
- Applicant: Tadayoshi Ueda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
- Priority: JP2006-157454 20060606
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/060322 WO 20070515
- International Announcement: WO2007/142015 WO 20071213
- Main IPC: H02H9/00
- IPC: H02H9/00 ; H02H3/20

Abstract:
In a disclosed excess voltage protection circuit, when the input voltage equal to or higher than a predetermined maximum voltage is detected by an excess voltage detection circuit, a switching element is shut off so as to prevent the input voltage being output from the excess voltage protection circuit. A voltage obtained by dividing the input voltage using resistors is output from the excess voltage protection circuit.
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