Nec Corporation

Sunao Hamamura

Yasuhiro Sasaki

Sakae Kitajo

Mitsuru Yamamoto

Yosuke Shinada

A piezoelectric element of the piezoelectric pump is driven by the output signal of an amplifier that takes as input a signal that is generated by a sine wave oscillator of the same frequency that drives the piezoelectric element. The amplifier is driven by a high voltage obtained by conversion from a low-voltage power supply by a voltage-boosting converter, whereby the piezoelectric element is driven by a low-frequency sine wave of high voltage. The frequency of the sine wave oscillation is further adjusted by a signal from a first control circuit at the time of activation. In addition, the amplitude of the sine wave oscillation is adjusted by the output signal of a second control circuit that takes as input a signal from temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the heat-generating body.

Drive circuit for piezoelectric pump and cooling system that uses this drive circuit

A DC-DC converter comprises a switching pulse generator for generating a plurality of switching pulse signals for operating a primary switch and a synchronized-rectifying circuit. The switching pulse generator generates the respective switching pulse signals having different pulse widths based on different control voltages which are generated by a voltage divider comprising a variable-impedance device. The pulse width of each switching pulse signal is set according to the differences between the control voltages. The switching pulse generator comprises a first control circuit for the primary switch and a second control circuit for the synchronized-rectifying circuit. Switching timing of the synchronized-rectifying circuit is deviated from that of the primary switch by a period corresponding to the difference between a certain control voltage and each of the other control voltages.

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Minato-ku, Japan

Sunao Hamamura