IP Library Granted Patent US 8,143,964
Granted Patent B2
US 8,143,964 · App. 12/777,497 · Granted Mar 27, 2012

Method for generating a PWM signal

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,143,964
App. No.
12/777,497
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The PWM control circuit is provided. The PWM control circuit includes: a PWM control signal generator that generates a PWM period signal defining a period of a PWM signal and a PWM resolution signal specifying a resolution in one period of the PWM period signal; and a PWM unit that generates the PWM signal based on the PWM period signal and the PWM resolution signal, wherein the PWM control signal generator changes a frequency of the PWM resolution signal while keeping a frequency of the PWM period signal unchanged.

Claims (5)

1. A method for generating a pulse width modulation signal, the method comprising:

converting a phase difference between a clock signal having a standard frequency and a pulse width modulation period signal defining a period of the pulse width modulation signal to a voltage level;

oscillating a pulse width modulation resolution signal in a specified frequency corresponding to the voltage level, the pulse width modulation resolution signal specifying a resolution to set a duty cycle in one period of the pulse width modulation period signal;

generating the pulse width modulation period signal by dividing a frequency of the pulse width modulation resolution signal; and

generating the pulse width modulation signal based on the pulse width modulation period signal and the pulse width modulation resolution signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2020
From: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
To: PARKSIDE IP LLC
Reel/Frame 053196/0829 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2016
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Reel/Frame 040030/0262 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-289222 · Nov 7, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
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