Abstract:
A DC-DC switching converter with an LC output filter has a switched capacitor converter providing the capacitance of the output filter. The switched capacitor converter may be a multi-phase switched capacitor converter. Topology of connections between capacitors of the multi-phase switched capacitor converter may be dependent on phases of clock signal(s) provided to the multi-phase switched capacitor converter. The switched capacitor converter may rely on parasitic inductances, or include discrete inductors, in series between connected capacitors to allow for adiabatic or near adiabatic voltage conversion.
Abstract:
A light source apparatus includes a discharge lamp including a light-emitting container having a cavity in which a discharge medium is enclosed, and a pair of electrodes disposed such that respective tip portions thereof oppose each other in the cavity, and a driving unit that supplies a driving current to the pair of electrodes. The driving current is generated by modulating amplitude of alternating current having a frequency not lower than 1 kHz and not higher than 10 GHz, such that a first section and a second section in which the amplitude is smaller than in the first section are alternately repeated.
Abstract:
A start-up circuit for a reference voltage generator which restarts a reference voltage generating circuit when a reference voltage drops below a predetermined level due to noises or change of a power supply voltage. The start-up circuit according to the present invention includes a reference voltage generating unit operated by an input signal and generating a reference voltage in accordance with a power supply voltage, a reference voltage sensing unit determining whether an output signal from the reference voltage generating unit is lower than a predetermined voltage level, and a start-up circuit unit determining an initial operation of the reference voltage generating unit in accordance with a reset signal and supplying the input signal to restart the reference voltage generating unit in accordance with an output signal from the reference voltage sensing unit.
Abstract:
An electrical power supply (EPS) including a voltage regulator (SR1) and an inrush current limiter (ICL1) having a current limiting circuit (CL1) and a support capacitor (C1). Charging current spikes produced in particular when the electrical power supply (EPS) is switched on are limited by the current limiting circuit (CL1). The current limiting circuit (CL1) is connected in series with the support capacitor (C1), thus preventing load current from flowing through the current limiting circuit. A step-up converter circuit (SUC) is connected upstream of the current limiting circuit (CL1) with the particular purpose of increasing the voltage (V). An advantage of the arrangement is that, due to the step-up converter circuit (SUC), the support capacitor (C1) has considerably improved support characteristics with regard to the switching regulator (SR1). Furthermore, the boosted voltage (V) at the terminals (T1 and T3) of the inrush current limiter (ICL1) considerably reduces the disruptive effects of interference voltages caused by the switching regulator (SR1). Additional interference suppression, e.g., by means of a costly radiointerference suppression network, is thereby advantageously rendered unnecessary.
Abstract:
An AC controller connects a load to an AC voltage source and has a control unit for providing output control pulses in synchronism with the voltage of the source. An RC circuit connected to the control unit has a load capacitor and a load resistor for controlling the phase position of the control pulses in accordance with the time constant of the RC circuit.