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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Naoki Furuhashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuji Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a power supply circuit for boosting drive voltage by a booster circuit, inputting the boosted voltage to the primary side of a piezoelectric transformer, and driving a load with an impedance of large temperature dependency by output voltage generated at the secondary side of the piezoelectric transformer. The circuit has: an excessively-small current detection means that outputs excessively-small current signal when load current flowing through the load is smaller than a predetermined value; a stopping means that stops the operation of the booster circuit when the excessively-small current signal is output; and a delaying means that sets a delay time according to the level of the output voltage. The stopping means determines the execution or inexecution of the operation according to the existence of the excessively-small current signal when the delay time passes.