Driving circuit, integrated circuit, and liquid discharge apparatus

An integrated circuit including a driving circuit that drives a discharge head which includes a piezoelectric element driven by receiving a first voltage signal and which discharges a liquid by driving the piezoelectric element, the integrated circuit comprising:

• an amplification control signal generation circuit that generates an amplification control signal which is a basis of the first voltage signal based on a drive data that defines a signal waveform of the first voltage signal;
• a first register that holds an operating state data indicating an operating state of the driving circuit;
• a second register that holds an abnormality detection data for determining the presence or absence of an abnormality in the operating state data held by the first register;
• an abnormality detection circuit that determines whether or not the operating state data held by the first register is abnormal based on the abnormality detection data held by the second register, and generates an abnormality detection signal indicating the determination result;
• and
• an abnormality detection signal output control circuit that controls whether or not the abnormality detection signal is output, wherein
• the abnormality detection signal output control circuit does not output the abnormality detection signal in a first mode to be shifted after power is turned on.

A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:

• a discharge head that includes a piezoelectric element driven by receiving a first voltage signal and that discharges a liquid by driving the piezoelectric element;
• a driving circuit for driving the discharge head;
• a first voltage signal output circuit that outputs the first voltage signal by operating based on an amplification control signal;
• and
• an integrated circuit that outputs the amplification control signal, wherein
• the integrated circuit includes
• an amplification control signal generation circuit that generates the amplification control signal based on a drive data that defines a signal waveform of the first voltage signal,
• a first register that holds an operating state data indicating an operating state of the driving circuit,
• a second register that holds an abnormality detection data for determining the presence or absence of an abnormality in the operating state data held by the first register,
• an abnormality detection circuit that determines whether or not the operating state data held by the first register is abnormal based on the abnormality detection data held by the second register, and generates an abnormality detection signal indicating the determination result, and
• an abnormality detection signal output control circuit that controls whether or not the abnormality detection signal is output, and
• the abnormality detection signal output control circuit does not output the abnormality detection signal in a first mode to be shifted after power is turned on.