Invention Application
- Patent Title: PRINTHEAD WAVEFORM VOLTAGE AMPLIFIER
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Application No.: US15827964Application Date: 2017-11-30
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Publication No.: US20180086056A1Publication Date: 2018-03-29
- Inventor: Andrew L. Van Brocklin
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Main IPC: B41J2/045
- IPC: B41J2/045

Abstract:
In some examples, a drive signal generator for a fluid ejection element of a piezoelectric printhead, includes a core amplifier to amplify an input waveform to provide an amplified waveform, and a plurality of rail power circuits, each coupled to a different power input of the core amplifier. Each rail power circuit of the plurality of rail power circuits includes a comparator to compare an instantaneous voltage of the amplified waveform to a subset of a plurality of voltage sources, and a switch to, based on the comparing by the comparator, couple to a respective power input of the core amplifier a voltage source in the subset of the plurality of voltage sources that is closest to the instantaneous voltage and sufficient to generate the amplified waveform.
Public/Granted literature
- US10315414B2 Printhead waveform voltage amplifier Public/Granted day:2019-06-11
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