Semiconductor device, power conversion device, driving device, vehicle, elevator, and method for controlling semiconductor device

Abstract

Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode; a surge voltage measuring unit electrically connected to the first electrode or the second electrode and configured to measure a surge voltage; a variable resistor electrically connected to the gate electrode; a comparator configured to compare a surge voltage measurement value, which is acquired by measuring the surge voltage generated by a first pulse applied to the gate electrode by the surge voltage measuring unit, with a surge voltage target value; a determination unit configured to determine a setting value of a resistance value of the variable resistor based on the comparison result by the comparator; and an instruction unit configured to instruct the setting value to the variable resistor.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.