| CPC H03K 17/08122 (2013.01) [H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H03K 19/017509 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0027 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A control apparatus comprising:
a protecting unit configured to perform, in response to short circuit occurring in a main switching device, protection operation to restrict current flowing through the main switching device;
a protection operation control unit configured to cause the protecting unit to continue the protection operation until power supply to a driving control unit for performing drive control of the main switching device according to a drive signal stops;
a measuring unit configured to measure a parameter corresponding to a current flowing through the main switching device; and
a detection unit configured to detect that a short circuit has occurred in the main switching device according to the parameter measured by the measuring unit.
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