# US 9,427,958 B2 · Liquid discharging apparatus, head unit, and control method of liquid discharging apparatus

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- Number: US 9,427,958 B2
- Document ID: US9427958B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/846,519
- Filed: 2015-09-04
- Published: 2015-12-31
- Granted: 2016-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-03
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Akira Abe; Hiroshi Sugita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9427958B2

## CPC

- B41J 2/04541: {Specific driving circuit}
- B41J 2/04581: {controlling heads based on piezoelectric elements}
- B41J 2/04588: {using a specific waveform}
- B41J 2/04593: {Dot-size modulation by changing the size of the drop}
- B41J 2/04596: {Non-ejecting pulses}
- H02M 5/293: using semiconductor devices only
- B41J 2002/14491: {Electrical connection}
- H02M 5/2932: {with automatic control of output voltage, current or power}
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)

## Abstract

Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus which includes a modulation circuit which generates a modulation signal which is obtained by pulse-modulating a source signal, a transistor which generates an amplified modulation signal by amplifying the modulation signal, a low pass filter which generates a drive signal by smoothening the amplified modulation signal, a piezoelectric element which is displaced by receiving the drive signal, and a multilayer circuit substrate on which the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the low pass filter are mounted. Furthermore, the multilayer circuit substrate has a multilayer configuration constituted of three or more layers which include at least one layer other than two surface layers. In addition, a feedback wiring pattern through which the modulation signal, the amplified modulation signal, or the drive signal is fed back to the modulation circuit is provided in the one layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A driving circuit for driving a capacitive load comprising:
a modulation circuit which generates a modulation signal which is obtained by pulse-modulating a source signal;
a transistor which generates an amplified modulation signal by amplifying the modulation signal;
a low pass filter which generates a drive signal by smoothening the amplified modulation signal;
a capacitive load which is driven by receiving the drive signal; and
a multilayer circuit substrate on which the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the low pass filter are mounted,
wherein a signal based on the modulation signal, the amplified modulation signal, or the drive signal is fed back to the modulation circuit, in such a manner that the modulation circuit generates the modulation signal,
wherein the multilayer circuit substrate has a multilayer configuration constituted of three or more layers which include at least one layer other than two surface layers, and
wherein a feedback wiring pattern through which the modulation signal, the amplified modulation signal, or the drive signal is fed back to the modulation circuit is provided in the one layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The driving circuit for driving a capacitive load according to claim 1,
wherein the frequency of the modulation signal is in the range of 1 MHz to 8 MHz.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The driving circuit for driving a capacitive load according to claim 1,
wherein ground patterns are provided in a layer upper from the feedback wiring pattern and a layer lower than the feedback wiring pattern.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The driving circuit for driving a capacitive load according to claim 1,
wherein, in the one layer, the feedback wiring pattern is surrounded by a ground pattern.

### Claim 5

A control method of a driving circuit for driving a capacitive load which is driven by receiving a drive signal,
wherein the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the low pass filter are mounted on a multilayer circuit substrate,
wherein the modulation circuit generates a modulation signal,
wherein the transistor generates an amplified modulation signal by amplifying the modulation signal,
wherein the low pass filter generates the drive signal by smoothening the amplified modulation signal,
wherein a signal based on the modulation signal, the amplified modulation signal, or the drive signal is fed back to the modulation circuit, in such a manner that the modulation circuit generates the modulation signal,
wherein the multilayer circuit substrate has a multilayer configuration constituted of three or more layers which include at least one layer other than two surface layers, and
wherein a feedback wiring pattern through which the modulation signal, the amplified modulation signal, or the drive signal is fed back to the modulation circuit is provided in the one layer.