Patent ID: 7646179

Claim:
An electric power supply circuit configured to connect to a power supply and to a load, comprising: a first switching element configured to turn on or off according to an external signal; an inductor capacitor circuit provided between the power supply and the load and configured to charge or discharge electric power provided by the power supply according to the on or off state of the first switching element; a rectifier diode provided between the first switching element and the ground; a second switching element provided in parallel with the rectifier diode and configured to turn on or off synchronously with the first switching element, said second switching element having a control line for receiving a control signal which controls said second switching element; and a depletion transistor configured to detect a direction of a current flowing through the inductor capacitor circuit based on a voltage detected across the second switching element, generate a detection result, and output said detection result to said control line of said second switching element.