A constant voltage circuit including an input terminal to receive an input
voltage, an output terminal configured to output a constant voltage
converted from the input voltage to a load and an overcurrent protection
circuit portion to perform an overcurrent protection operation of
restricting an output current from the output terminal within a threshold
current and to generate and provide logic signals including information
on an operation state of the overcurrent protection operation to a
control device disposed outside the constant voltage circuit to control
the load based on the information.