摘要:
A switched-current integrator circuit (50) employs track-and-hold circuits (52,54) in which the gates of the current mirror FET switches (M1,M2) are connected together to form a common gate node (58) to double the effective holding capacitance. Additionally, the common gate node (58) is coupled to the input terminal (16) through a CMOS switch (62,64) so that parasitic clock feed-through is essentially cancelled to minimize DC offset voltages (V1,V3 in FIG. 4).
摘要:
A circuit (10) for controlling the energy delivered to a heater resistor (RH) of a thermal inkjet printhead. The circuit includes a decoder (12) for receiving an address for the heater resistor in a multiplexed environment. When the heater resistor is addressed, the output of the decoder is level shifted through a pair of inverters (24, 26) and transmitted to the gate of a PMOS driver (34) that delivers the energy to the heater resistor (RH). The PMOS driver (34) responds to the voltage level of the adjacent inverter output in setting the level of the driver output voltage that is applied to the resistor (RH). Feedback circuitry in the form of an analog (32) or digital (42) comparator compares the driver output voltage (VOUT) against a reference voltage (VREF). The comparator's output signal is fed back through the level shifter (16) as the inverter output that is applied to the gate of the PMOS driver (34). The inverter output adjusts the driver output voltage so as to maintain the voltage (Vo) across the heater resistor at a level that delivers a desired amount of energy to the heater resistor (RH).
摘要:
A circuit (10) for controlling the energy delivered to a heater resistor (RH) of a thermal inkjet printhead. The circuit includes a decoder (12) for receiving an address for the heater resistor in a multiplexed environment. When the heater resistor is addressed, the output of the decoder is level shifted through a pair of inverters (24, 26) and transmitted to the gate of a PMOS driver (34) that delivers the energy to the heater resistor (RH). The PMOS driver (34) responds to the voltage level of the adjacent inverter output in setting the level of the driver output voltage that is applied to the resistor (RH). Feedback circuitry in the form of an analog (32) or digital (42) comparator compares the driver output voltage (VOUT) against a reference voltage (VREF). The comparator's output signal is fed back through the level shifter (16) as the inverter output that is applied to the gate of the PMOS driver (34). The inverter output adjusts the driver output voltage so as to maintain the voltage (Vo) across the heater resistor at a level that delivers a desired amount of energy to the heater resistor (RH).
摘要:
A switched-current integrator circuit (50) employs track-and-hold circuits (52,54) in which the gates of the current mirror FET switches (M1,M2) are connected together to form a common gate node (58) to double the effective holding capacitance. Additionally, the common gate node (58) is coupled to the input terminal (16) through a CMOS switch (62,64) so that parasitic clock feed-through is essentially cancelled to minimize DC offset voltages (V1,V3 in FIG. 4).