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Electronic flash charging circuit

US5023470A · kind A · utility

9Cited by
3References
11Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 18, 1989
Grant dateJun 11, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 18, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B41/32
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic flash charging circuit for use with a camera having a power source common to a microcomputer that controls a plurality of camera functions and to an electronic flash. The charging circuit has a booster circuit for boosting a charging voltage with which a main capacitor of the electronic flash is charged and a controller that causes the booster circuit to operate intermittently, thereby intermittently charging the main capacitor.

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