Signal transmitter having voltage booster circuit and method of operating the same
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1. A signal transmitter comprising:
- a battery;
a voltage boosting control signal generating means for sequentially generating a voltage boosting control signal through application of an output voltage of the battery as a power source voltage;
voltage boosting means including a switching means for generating a switching signal with a switching operation through input of the voltage boosting control signal to conduct a voltage boosting operation to boost the output voltage of the battery to a predetermined voltage based on the switching signal; and
transmitting means operated with the boosted voltage for transmitting data, wherein a period of the voltage boosting control signal has a signal generation allowing period for allowing generation of the switching signal a signal generation inhibiting period following the signal generation allowing period to inhibit generation of the switching signal, the signal generation allowing period being increased as time passes to increase a number of generation of the switching signal, wherein the switching means generates the switching signal during the signal generation allowing period of the voltage boosting control signal for every generation of the voltage boosting control signal and stops generation of the switching signal during the signal generation inhibiting period, and wherein the voltage boosting means boosts in steps the output voltage of the battery to the predetermined voltage for every generation of the switching signal.
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Abstract
In a radio signal transmitter, a microcomputer operates by receiving an output voltage of a battery to sequentially generate a voltage boosting control signal. This voltage boosting control signal has a longer high level period as generated later. The voltage booster circuit boosts the output voltage of the battery by increasing the number of times of oscillating operations during the high level period of the voltage boosting control signal depending on the increased high level period.
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1. A signal transmitter comprising:
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a battery;
a voltage boosting control signal generating means for sequentially generating a voltage boosting control signal through application of an output voltage of the battery as a power source voltage;
voltage boosting means including a switching means for generating a switching signal with a switching operation through input of the voltage boosting control signal to conduct a voltage boosting operation to boost the output voltage of the battery to a predetermined voltage based on the switching signal; and
transmitting means operated with the boosted voltage for transmitting data, wherein a period of the voltage boosting control signal has a signal generation allowing period for allowing generation of the switching signal a signal generation inhibiting period following the signal generation allowing period to inhibit generation of the switching signal, the signal generation allowing period being increased as time passes to increase a number of generation of the switching signal, wherein the switching means generates the switching signal during the signal generation allowing period of the voltage boosting control signal for every generation of the voltage boosting control signal and stops generation of the switching signal during the signal generation inhibiting period, and wherein the voltage boosting means boosts in steps the output voltage of the battery to the predetermined voltage for every generation of the switching signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A signal transmitter comprising:
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a battery;
a voltage boosting control signal generating means for sequentially generating a voltage boosting control signal pulses through application of an output voltage of the battery as a power source voltage;
a voltage boosting means for executing a switching operation through input of the voltage boosting control signal and also executing the voltage boosting operation to boost the output voltage of the battery up to a predetermined voltage based on the switching operation; and
transmitting means operated with the boosted voltage for transmitting data as a radio signal, wherein the voltage boosting control signal generating means sequentially generates the voltage boosting control signal to further increase the number of times of the switching operation of the voltage boosting means as time passes thereby to recover a drop of the output voltage of battery caused by the switching operation.
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5. A method of operating a signal transmitter having a battery and a signal transmitter circuit operable with an output voltage of the battery, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a voltage boosting control signal having an ON-period and an OFF-period at a first fixed frequency, the ON-period being increased as time passes;
generating a switching pulse at a second fixed frequency higher than the first fixed frequency during the ON-period of the voltage boosting control signal so that the switching pulse is generated at least once in each ON-period of the switching pulse; and
boosting the output voltage of the battery in response to the switching pulse so that the transmitter circuit is operated with the boosted output voltage. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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