Electric heating – Heating devices – With power supply and voltage or current regulation or...
Patent
1980-10-09
1986-06-10
Paschall, M. H.
Electric heating
Heating devices
With power supply and voltage or current regulation or...
219497, 219209, 219216, 219501, 323288, 323285, 323283, 323351, 307265, H05B 102
Patent
active
045945012
ABSTRACT:
An electronic thermal printer has a thermal printhead to which is applied a train of pulses which is pulse width modulated. A power switch connects and disconnects the printhead from a DC power source. The pulse train is integrated, scaled and applied as an input to a comparator circuit. The thermal printhead has a temperature sensing diode whose output is applied, as a reference voltage, to the other input of the comparator. During a print cycle, the output of the temperature sensing diode is cut off and the reference voltage is capacitively stored and held as the reference voltage. The output of the comparator circuit clears a latch circuit whose input is provided by a system clock and whose output is connected to control the power switch. The comparator provides an output when the integrated voltage reaches the reference voltage, clearing the latch. Since the latch is supplied with signals from the system clock, a constant frequency is maintained. However, the varying output from the comparator clearing the latch provides varying pulse widths. In this manner, pulse width modulation of the voltage input pulses to the thermal printhead is achieved.
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Culley Paul R.
Wallace Steven J.
Devine Thomas G.
Heiting Leo N.
Paschall M. H.
Sharp Melvin
Texas Instruments Incorporated
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