Drive circuit for power semiconductor element and power semiconductor module employing the same

A drive circuit for a power semiconductor element, the drive circuit serving to drive a power semiconductor element including a control terminal, a first main electrode, and a second main electrode, the drive circuit comprising:

• a first switching-off circuit and a second switching-off circuit each to turn off the power semiconductor element, wherein
• an impedance of the second switching-off circuit is lower than that of the first switching-off circuit, and
• in a case where the power semiconductor element is turned off,
• only the first switching-off circuit operates when the power semiconductor element is in an unusual state, and
• the first switching-off circuit and the second switching-off circuit complementarily operate in an order of the first switching-off circuit, the second switching-off circuit, and the first switching-off circuit when the power semiconductor element is in a normal state.