Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driving circuit for driving a capacitive load, and control method of a driving circuit for driving a capacitive load
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Application No.: US15058472Application Date: 2016-03-02
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Publication No.: US09673810B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Shuji Otsuka , Tadashi Kiyuna , Toshifumi Asanuma
- Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2014-005664 20140116
- Main IPC: B41J2/045
- IPC: B41J2/045 ; H03K17/60

Abstract:
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a piezoelectric element that is displaced according to a voltage of a drive signal; a cavity which is filled with a liquid and of which an inside volume is changed due to the displacement of the piezoelectric element; a nozzle that communicates with the cavity and is capable of discharging the liquid; a charge source that supplies a charge to the piezoelectric element; and a connection path selecting section that causes the piezoelectric element and the charge source to be electrically connected to each other by using a first signal path or a second signal path. The charge source includes: a first auxiliary power source that outputs two types or more of voltages; and a second auxiliary power source that outputs three types or more of voltages by using the two types or more of voltages output from the first auxiliary power source.
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