发明名称 |
Liquid discharging apparatus, head unit, capacitive load driving circuit, and control method of capacitive load driving circuit |
摘要 |
A liquid discharging apparatus includes a modulation portion that generates a modulation signal obtained by pulse-modulating a source signal; an amplifier that includes a gate driver generating an amplification control signal based on the modulation signal, a bootstrap circuit supplying power to the gate driver, a power source circuit supplying power to the gate driver and the bootstrap circuit, and a transistor generating the amplification modulation signal that is obtained by amplifying the modulation signal based on amplification control signal; a low-pass filter that generates the driving signal by demodulating the amplification modulation signal; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by applying the driving signal; and a control portion that controls an operation of the amplifier. The control portion performs a second process of starting an amplification operation of the amplifier after a first process of performing supply of power to the bootstrap circuit. |
申请公布号 |
US9579886(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.02.28 |
申请号 |
US201615003204 |
申请日期 |
2016.01.21 |
申请人 |
Seiko Epson Corporation |
发明人 |
Sano Takafumi |
分类号 |
B41J29/38;B41J2/045 |
主分类号 |
B41J29/38 |
代理机构 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
代理人 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
主权项 |
1. A liquid discharging apparatus comprising:
a modulation portion that generates a modulation signal obtained by pulse-modulating a source signal; an amplifier that includes a gate driver generating first amplification control signal based on the modulation signal, a bootstrap circuit supplying power to the gate driver, a power source circuit supplying power to the gate driver and the bootstrap circuit, and a transistor generating an amplification modulation signal that is obtained by amplifying the modulation signal based on the first amplification control signal; a low-pass filter that generates a driving signal by demodulating the amplification modulation signal; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by applying the driving signal; a cavity of which an inside is filled with a liquid and an internal volume is changed by displacement of the piezoelectric element; a nozzle that communicates with the cavity and discharges the liquid on the inside of the cavity as liquid droplets in accordance with a change in the internal volume of the cavity; and a control portion that controls an operation of the amplifier, wherein the control portion performs a second process of starting an amplification operation of the amplifier after a first process of performing supply of power to the bootstrap circuit by starting an operation of the power source circuit, wherein the gate driver includes a first gate driver generating the first amplification control signal based on the modulation signal and a second gate driver generating a second amplification control signal based on the modulation signal, wherein the transistor includes a first transistor operating based on the first amplification control signal and a second transistor connecting to the first transistor on a low-potential side and operating based on the second amplification control signal, and wherein the bootstrap circuit includes a connection node electrically connecting the first transistor and the second transistor, a capacitive element electrically connected to the first gate driver on a high-potential side, and a rectifying element provided between the second gate driver on the high-potential side and the capacitive element, and wherein in the first process, the control portion stops an amplification operation of the amplifier by allowing the first transistor to be in a non-conductive state in which a current does not flow through the first transistor and the second transistor to be in a conductive state in which the current flows through the second transistor. |
地址 |
JP |