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Electronic apparatus and control method for electronic apparatus

US6396772B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 6, 2000
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04G19/04
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In the transition from a state in which charge is being transferred from a large-capacitance secondary power supply to an auxiliary capacitor through a step-up/down circuit by a step-up/down multiplying factor M′ (M′ is a positive real number excluding one) to a state in which the large-capacitance secondary power supply and the auxiliary capacitor are electrically directly coupled, the electrical energy is transferred from the large-capacitance secondary power supply to the auxiliary capacitor through the step-up/down circuit by a step-up/down multiplying factor M=1 in a non-stepping-up/down state. A potential difference between the large-capacitance secondary power supply and the auxiliary capacitor is less than a predetermined potential difference. Since a sudden variation in a power supply voltage due to changing the step-up/down multiplying factor is prevented, malfunctioning in an electronic apparatus resulting from the sudden variation in the power supply voltage is prevented.

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