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AssigneeTaiheiyo Cement Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Fujimura, Katsuyuki Ishikawa, Masaaki Toyama
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In a piezoelectric transformer control circuit, when a load (2) is disconnected from a piezoelectric transformer (1) and changes to an open state, an output detection voltage (Vdet) becomes higher than a reference voltage (Vref2), and the output from a voltage comparator (10a) goes “Low”. When the output of the piezoelectric transformer (1) is short-circuited to GND, the output detection voltage (Vdet) abruptly drops to almost “0” and becomes lower than a reference voltage (Vref3). The output from a voltage comparator (10b) goes “Low”. A voltage-controlled oscillation circuit (6) detects the signal “Low” to stop the generation of the oscillation signal to a driving circuit (7) for driving the piezoelectric transformer (1).
A piezoelectric transformer control circuit comprising:
A piezoelectric transformer control method of generating an oscillation signal in accordance with a control voltage, driving a piezoelectric transformer by an AC voltage generated in accordance with the oscillation signal, detecting a load current of a load connected to an output side of said piezoelectric transformer, and controlling an oscillation frequency so as to keep the load current substantially constant, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.