发明名称 Regulated current source for thermal printhead
摘要 A current-drive circuit (FIG. 1) is provided to drive each of forty electrodes 41. Voltage at the electrodes 41 is monitored on line 49 as a control-input to a voltage-regulator circuit (FIG. 2), to produce the drive voltage Vdr. Vdr minus a current-level reference Vlev is applied as the input of a differential amplifier (transistors 3, 15, 51 and 53), thereby applying Vdr-Vlev on line 27. A constant current through the electrode 41 is produced across register 25. As the lowest voltage at all driven electrodes shifts, the regulator circuit (FIG. 2) shifts Vdr the same amount, employing differentially connected transistors 72 and 74, and Zener 120 to set the level of Vdr. Since most of the active elements operated within narrow limits, the circuit can be extensively miniaturized.
申请公布号 US4434356(A) 申请公布日期 1984.02.28
申请号 US19820452346 申请日期 1982.12.22
申请人 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 CRAIG, TIMOTHY P.;PETTIT, JOHN W.;TIMPERMAN, MICHAEL R.
分类号 B41J2/35;G05F1/56;(IPC1-7):B41J3/20 主分类号 B41J2/35
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