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Booster circuit for electronic timepiece

US4173862A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 25, 1977
Grant dateNov 13, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 25, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04G9/007
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A booster circuit for an electronic timepiece having a power supply and a display device adapted to be driven in a matrix driving mode, which comprises a Cockcroft circuit connected to one terminal of the power supply to provide a plurality of boosted output voltages to the display device and voltage compensating means connected to the other terminal of the power supply to compensate for voltage drops caused by said Cockcroft circuit.

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