Ultrasonic atomizer circuit having plural oscillators

• US 4,996,502 A
• Filed: 09/29/1989
• Issued: 02/26/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Endo, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Grimm, Siegfried H.
• Application Number:
  US07/415,102
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 128/200.16, 310/316, 310/317, 310/319, 331/46, 331/56, 331/116 R, 239/102.2, 261/DIG. 48
• US Class Current: 331/46
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 2200/0008 Colpitts oscillator
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/362 the amplifier being a single transistor H03B5/364 - H03B5/368 take precedence

Abstract

An ultrasonic atomizer circuit having a plurality of unit oscillator circuits has been improved by preventing undesired interference between oscillator circuits. Each unit oscillator circuit has a transistor (Q1) with a grounded collector, a piezo-electric vibrator (TD) coupled across the collector and the base of the transistor (Q1), a capacitor (C3) coupled across the emitter and the base of the transistor (Q1), and a capacitor (C1) coupled across the emitter and the collector of the transistor (Q1). An additional capacitor (C7) is provided between the base of the transistor (Q1) and the junction point of one end of the vibrator (TD) and the capacitor (C3), so that one end of said capacitor (C3) is separated from the base of the transistor for DC current.

Claims

1. An ultrasonic atomizer circuit comprising a plurality of unit oscillation circuits each coupled commonly with a secondary winding of a single common transformer (PT) through a rectifier circuit (DS),

each of said unit oscillator circuit comprising a transistor (Q1) with a grounded collector, a piezo-electric vibration element (TD) coupled across said collector and a base of said transistor, a capacitor C1 coupled across an emitter and said collector of said transistor (Q1), and a capacitor (C3) coupled across said base and said emitter of said transistor (Q1),

wherein the improvement comprises another capacitor (C7) coupled between a junction point of one end of said vibration element (TD) and one end of said capacitor (C3), and the base of said transistor (Q1), so that said capacitor (C3) is separated from said base circuit of the transistor (Q1) for DC current.

2. An ultrasonic atomizer circuit according to claim 1, wherein a further capacitor (C2) is provided between said one end of said vibrator (TD) and said one end of said capacitor (C7).

3. An ultrasonic atomizer circuit according to claim 1, wherein a resistor is inserted between said rectifier circuit (DS) and said secondary winding of the transformer PT.

4. An ultrasonic atomizer circuit according to claim 3, wherein the resistance of said resistor is in a range between 0.1 ohm and 3 ohms.