IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of image forming units configured to respectively form an image;
a plurality of voltage generation units configured to respectively generate voltages for driving the plurality of image forming units,wherein each of the plurality of voltage generation units comprises;
a voltage generator having a transformer, configured to generate a voltage by a switching operation that is driven by changing an input voltage of primary side of the transformer;
a clock generation unit configured to generate a clock signal of a frequency that becomes a reference frequency of the switching operation; and
a setting unit configured to set the frequency of the clock signal that the clock generation unit generates,wherein the setting units of the plurality of voltage generation units set the frequencies of the respective clock signals so that the frequencies of the clock signals that the plurality the clock generation units generate are different from each other.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a plurality of image forming units that respectively form an image, and a plurality of voltage generation circuits that respectively generate voltages for driving the plurality of image forming units. Each of the plurality of voltage generation circuits comprises a voltage generation circuit having a transformer, and generates a voltage by a switching operation that is driven by changing an input voltage of primary side of the transformer, an oscillation circuit that generates a clock signal of a frequency that becomes a reference frequency of the switching operation and a setting unit that sets the frequency of the clock signal that the oscillation circuit generates. The setting units of the plurality of voltage generation circuits set the frequencies of the respective clock signals.
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15 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of image forming units configured to respectively form an image; a plurality of voltage generation units configured to respectively generate voltages for driving the plurality of image forming units, wherein each of the plurality of voltage generation units comprises; a voltage generator having a transformer, configured to generate a voltage by a switching operation that is driven by changing an input voltage of primary side of the transformer; a clock generation unit configured to generate a clock signal of a frequency that becomes a reference frequency of the switching operation; and a setting unit configured to set the frequency of the clock signal that the clock generation unit generates, wherein the setting units of the plurality of voltage generation units set the frequencies of the respective clock signals so that the frequencies of the clock signals that the plurality the clock generation units generate are different from each other. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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2. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of image forming units configured to respectively form an image; a plurality of voltage generation units configured to respectively generate voltages for driving the plurality of image forming units, wherein each of the plurality of voltage generation units comprises; a voltage generator having a transformer, configured to generate a voltage by a switching operation that is driven by changing an input voltage of primary side of the transformer; a clock generation unit configured to generate a clock signal of a frequency that becomes a reference frequency of the switching operation; a setting unit configured to set the frequency of the clock signal that the clock generation unit generates; and a control unit configured to control so that the frequencies of the clock signals are set by the setting unit to values that are different from each other when the image forming apparatus is in image forming and in a standby state in which the image forming apparatus is waiting for start of image forming. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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14. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of image forming units configured to respectively form an image; a plurality of voltage generation units configured to respectively generate voltages for driving the plurality of image forming units, wherein each of the plurality of voltage generation units comprises; a sinusoidal wave generation unit configured to generate a sinusoidal wave of an amplitude set by a setting signal; a class-D amplifier configured to, based on the sinusoidal wave generated by the sinusoidal wave generation unit, output a switching output of a set frequency; and a transformer configured to convert the switching output to a high voltage, wherein the respective class-D amplifiers of the plurality of voltage generation units are set so that switching outputs of frequencies that respectively differ from each other are obtained. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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