Sony Corporation

Hiroyasu Tagami

Takashi Shimono

Kouzi Tsukamoto

Toshio Suzuki

Nobuhiko Shigyo

Hideki Yamamoto

Masahiro Inoue

Kazutoshi Ono

Naoto Yanase

A power supply apparatus supplies a power supply voltage to a charge monitor that monitors charge states of rechargeable battery cells. The apparatus includes: a first capacitative element that supplies a power supply voltage to the charge monitor; a second capacitative element that is charged from the rechargeable battery cell and charges the first capacitative element; a switch group including a first switch that connects the first and second capacitative elements, and a second switch that connects the rechargeable battery cell and the second capacitative element; and a controller that controls the switch group. The controller repeats charging the second capacitative element by the rechargeable battery cell by connecting the rechargeable cell and the second capacitative element by the first switch, and charging the first capacitative element by the second capacitative element by connecting the first and second capacitative elements by the second switch.

Power supply apparatus, charging method, rechargeable battery cell unit, and charging apparatus

Disclosed herein is a switch for turning on/off the connection between a first terminal and a second terminal. The switch includes a first transistor circuit configured from two transistors connected in series between the first terminal and the second terminal; and a second transistor circuit having a gate terminal connected to source terminals of the two transistors and a source terminal connected to gate terminals of the two transistors. The connection between the first terminal and the second terminal is changed over between on and off states by changing over a potential to the source terminal of the second transistor circuit between high and low levels.

Switch, charge monitoring apparatus and rechargeable battery module

A transfer pulse generator circuit for outputting a vertical register transfer pulse includes transfer pulse control circuit for controlling to set rise and fall timings of the vertical register transfer pulse to desired timings in a predetermined period.

Transfer pulse generator circuit and image pickup apparatus

A circuit for generating a timing signal, the circuit having a memory and a pulse generator, the timing signal consisting of a number of pulses. The memory stores pulse count data, including an indication of the number of pulses in the timing signal, and rising edge and falling edge position data of the timing signal. The pulse generator produces the timing signal in accordance with the pulse count data and has a first circuit for generating rising edge signals, a second circuit for generating falling edge signals, an active control circuit for setting, in correspondence only with the pulse count data, corresponding rising edge signals as active state rising edge signals, and corresponding falling edge signals as active state falling edge signals, and a third circuit for generating said timing signal corresponding to the active state rising edge signals and the active state falling edge signals.

Timing signal generating circuit and photographing device having same circuit

A transfer pulse generator circuit for outputting a vertical register transfer pulse includes transfer pulse control means for controlling to set rise and fall timings of the vertical register transfer pulse to desired timings in a predetermined period.

A horizontal register transfer pulse generator includes: phase adjuster generating an output signal, from reference signal; and horizontal blanking period generator based on output signal, reference signal, and horizontal blanking pulse, wherein horizontal blanking period generator includes: delay masking pulse generator generating delay masking pulse delayed by predetermined phase relative to masking pulse generated on horizontal blanking pulse inputted into horizontal blanking period generator; and determination means determining phase difference between output signal and reference signal, when phase difference between output signal and reference signal is less than predetermined phase, horizontal blanking period generator combines masking pulse with output signal to generate horizontal register transfer pulse with horizontal blanking period, and when phase difference between output signal and reference signal is equal to or greater than predetermined phase, horizontal blanking period generator combines delay masking pulse with output signal to generate horizontal register transfer pulse with horizontal blanking period.

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Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroyasu Tagami