Voltage generation apparatus and voltage generation method
A voltage generation apparatus includes a booster circuit which outputs a direct-current voltage after having performed boosting processing, the voltage value of the direct-current voltage being specified on the basis of a pulse width of a series of pulse signals inputted, a direct-current to alternating-current conversion circuit which generates a ringer voltage to be supplied to a device connectable to a telephone line by converting the direct-current voltage outputted by the booster circuit to an alternating-current voltage, and a control unit which outputs a series of pulse signals to the booster circuit. the series of pulse signals having a feeding-voltage pulse width corresponding to a target voltage value of a feeding, voltage or a ringer-voltage pulse width corresponding to a target voltage value. the feeding-voltage pulse width and the linger-voltage pulse width being pulse widths having been set in a voltage adjustment stage.
1. A voltage generation apparatus comprising:
a booster circuit which outputs a direct-current voltage after having performed boosting processing, the voltage value of the direct-current voltage being specified on the basis of a pulse width of a series of pulse signals inputted thereto;
a direct-current to alternating-current conversion circuit which generates a ringer voltage to be supplied to a device connectable to a telephone line by converting the direct-current voltage output by the booster circuit to an alternating-current voltage;
a control unit which outputs a series of pulse signals to the booster circuit, the series of pulse signals having a feeding-voltage pulse width corresponding to a target voltage value of a feeding voltage or a ringer-voltage pulse width corresponding to a target voltage value of the ringer voltage, the feeding-voltage pulse width and the ringer-voltage pulse width being pulse widths having been set and stored in a voltage adjustment stage; and
a voltage monitoring circuit which outputs a monitor voltage value of the direct-current voltage output by the booster circuit,
wherein in the voltage adjustment stage, the control unit first outputs a series of pulse signals to the booster circuit, the series of the pulse signals having a pulse width corresponding to a voltage value higher than the target voltage value of the feeding voltage, subsequently, repeatedly changes a current pulse width of the series of pulse signals to a different pulse width thereof which makes a current monitor voltage value output by the voltage monitoring circuit be lower so that the monitor voltage value output thereby decreases to a target monitor voltage value corresponding to the target voltage value of the feeding voltage, and stores therein a certain pulse width thereof, which has made the monitor voltage value output thereby be equal to the target monitor voltage, as the feeding-voltage pulse width, and
wherein the control unit stores therein a value resulting from multiplying the feeding-voltage pulse width by a voltage ratio of the feeding voltage and the ringer voltage as the ringer-voltage pulse width.
2. The voltage generation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a switch unit which connects or disconnects the device connectable to a telephone line in accordance with an instruction from the control unit,
wherein, in the voltage adjustment stage, the control unit outputs an instruction, for disconnecting the device connectable to a telephone line, to the switch unit.
3. The voltage generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the booster circuit boosts a direct-current voltage of substantially 3.3 V or 5 V.
4. A voltage generation method comprising the steps of:
outputting, in a voltage adjustment stage, a series of pulse signals, which have a pulse width corresponding to a voltage value higher than a target voltage value of a feeding voltage, to a booster circuit which boosts a direct-current voltage by using the series of pulse signals to generate a voltage used by a device connectable to a telephone line;
storing, in the voltage adjustment stage, a certain pulse width as a feeding-voltage pulse width, the certain pulse width being a pulse width which has made a voltage value of a direct-current voltage output by the booster circuit be equal to a voltage value corresponding to the target voltage value of the feeding voltage while repeatedly changing a current pulse width of the series of pulse signals to a different pulse width thereof which makes a current voltage value of the direct-current voltage output by the booster circuit be lower so that the voltage value thereof decreases to the voltage value corresponding to the target voltage value of the feeding voltage;
calculating, in the voltage adjustment stage, a ringer-voltage pulse width from the feeding-voltage pulse width; and
outputting, in a voltage supply stage, a series of pulse signals, which have the feeding-voltage pulse width or the ringer-voltage pulse width, to the booster circuit,
wherein a value resulting from multiplying the feeding-voltage pulse width by a voltage ratio of the feeding voltage and the ringer voltage is made the ringer-voltage pulse width.
5. The voltage generation method according to claim 4 wherein, in the voltage adjustment stage, the booster circuit is disconnected from the device.