The present invention provides a switching power source and a
semiconductor integrated circuit which realize an acquisition a
sufficient driving voltage of a high-potential side switching element M1
even when a power source voltage VDD is low. In a switching power source
which controls a current which flows in an inductor through a switching
element which performs a switching operation in response to a PWM signal,
and forms an output voltage by a capacitor which is provided in series in
the inductor, a booster circuit which is constituted of a bootstrap
capacity and a MOSFET is provided between an output node of the switching
element and a predetermined voltage terminal, the boosted voltage is used
as an operational voltage of a driving circuit of the switching element,
another source/drain region and a substrate gate are connected with each
other such that when the MOSFET is made to assume an OFF state, and a
junction diode between one source/drain region and the substrate gate is
inversely directed with respect to the boosted voltage which is formed by
the bootstrap capacity.