Patent ID: 8514214

Claim:
A drive device comprising: a first switch section including a plurality of switching elements each having a first and a second end; a second switch section including a plurality of switching elements each having a first and a second end; and a plurality of output circuits, wherein each of the plurality of output circuits includes a switching element having a first and a second end, a first voltage being supplied to the first end, a first rectifier element having a current input terminal into which a current flows and a current output terminal from which a current flows out, the current output terminal being connected to the second end of the switching element of the each of the plurality of output circuits, and a second rectifier element having a current input terminal into which a current flows and a current output terminal from which a current flows out, the current output terminal being connected to the second end of the switching element of the each of the plurality of output circuits, a second voltage is supplied to the first end of each of the plurality of switching elements of the first switch section, the second voltage is supplied to the first end of each of the plurality of switching elements of the second switch section, and each of the plurality of output circuits corresponds to one of the plurality of switching elements of the first switch section and one of the plurality of switching elements of the second switch section, the second end of the one of the plurality of switching elements of the first switch section is connected to the current input terminal of the first rectifier element of the each of the plurality of output circuits, and the second end of the one of the plurality of switching elements of the second switch section is connected to the current input terminal of the second rectifier element of the each of the plurality of output circuits.