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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2012
Applicant:

Toru Kosaka, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Toru Kosaka, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power supply with a digital control circuit generates an output voltage by driving a piezoelectric transducer with an alternating current voltage at a digitally controlled driving frequency. To skip over a spurious frequency, the driving frequency is switched between a first range above the spurious frequency and a second range below the spurious frequency. Within the first and second ranges, the driving frequency is varied in directions that make the output voltage track a target voltage. If the driving frequency arrives at the lower limit of the first range, it jumps to a switchover frequency in the second range. The first range can be used to generate a comparatively low output voltage, and the second range to generate a comparatively high output voltage.


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