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Patent No.:

US 6583534 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2000

Piezoelectric transformer, piezoelectric transformer drive circuit, piezoelectric transformer drive method and cold cathode tube drive apparatus using piezoelectric transformer

Applicant:
Inventors:

Hiroshi Nakatsuka, Neyagawa, JP;

Katsunori Moritoki, Takatsuki, JP;

Toshiyuki Asahi, Osaka, JP;

Kojiro Okuyama, Ikoma, JP;

Osamu Kawasaki, Kyotanabe, JP;

Assignee:

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mark O Budd

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/108 ;
Abstract

The piezoelectric transformer of the present invention has a piezoelectric element mainly formed of a piezoelectric material, primary electrodes U and D which are formed on the piezoelectric element and to which a voltage is applied, a secondary electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric element and from which a voltage higher than the voltage applied to the primary electrode is output, and a sensor electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric element and from which a voltage lower than the output voltage of the secondary electrode is output.

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Nakatsuka, Hiroshi. (2003). Piezoelectric transformer, piezoelectric transformer drive circuit, piezoelectric transformer drive method and cold cathode tube drive apparatus using piezoelectric transformer (U.S. Patent No. 6583534). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6583534

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