Circuit device, electronic apparatus and power supply circuit

• US 8,866,346 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Issued: 10/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Sato, Hisao
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham, Duc M
• Application Number:
  US13/041,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20110227419A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,324 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 2001/0057 comprising magnetic material
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/0115 comprising only inductors and capacitors H03H7/075, H03H7/09, H03H7/12, H03H7/13 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/09 Filters comprising mutual inductance

Abstract

A circuit device includes a power supply circuit having a resonance circuit, and a logic circuit. The resonance circuit includes a first coil, and a second coil having a core section shared by the first coil. The logic circuit performs an adiabatic circuit operation with a power supply voltage generated by the resonance circuit.

Claims

1. A circuit device comprising:

a power supply circuit having a resonance circuit; and

a logic circuit,

the resonance circuit including a first coil, and a second coil having a core section shared by the first coil,

the logic circuit performing an adiabatic circuit operation with a power supply voltage generated by the resonance circuit,

the power supply circuit supplies a first power supply voltage from a node on one end side of the first coil and a second power supply voltage from a node on one end side of the second coil to the logic circuit as the power supply voltage,

the first power supply voltage periodically changes with a first reference voltage as a reference voltage,

the second power supply voltage periodically changes with a second reference voltage as a reference voltage, and

the first and second reference voltages are mutually different reference voltages.

2. A circuit device according to claim 1, wherein

the core section has a columnar section,

the first coil is formed from a first winding wound on the columnar section, and

the second coil is formed from a second winding wound on the columnar section.

3. A circuit device according to claim 1, wherein

the resonance circuit includes a coil section having the first coil, the second coil and the core section, and

a capacitor provided between the node on the one end side of the first coil and the node on the one end side of the second coil.

4. A circuit device according to claim 1, wherein

the core section has one core, and

the first coil and the second coil shares the one core.

5. A circuit device according to claim 1, wherein

the power supply circuit supplies, by the resonance circuit, the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage that repeat a first period in which a voltage difference between the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage becomes smaller and a second period in which the voltage difference becomes greater.

6. A circuit device according to claim 1, wherein

the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage repeat a first period in which a voltage difference between the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage becomes smaller and a second period in which the voltage difference becomes greater, and

the second power supply voltage assumes a maximum value in a period between a first maximum value of the first power supply voltage and a second maximum value succeeding the first maximum value, and assumes a minimum value in a period between a first minimum value of the first power supply voltage and a second minimum value succeeding the first minimum value.

7. A circuit device according to claim 5, wherein

an input signal having an edge in the second period is inputted in the logic circuit.

8. A circuit device according to claim 1, wherein

the first power supply voltage provided by the power supply circuit is a sine wave with the first reference voltage as a reference voltage, and

the second power supply voltage provided by the power supply circuit is a sine wave with an inverted phase with respect to the first power supply voltage with the second reference voltage as a reference voltage.

9. A circuit device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transistor for oscillation continuation provided at the node on the one side of the first coil or the node on the one end side of the second coil.

11. A circuit device according to claim 9, wherein

a pulse voltage with a period that is n times (n is an integer of 1 or more) a period of the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage is inputted in a gate electrode of the transistor for oscillation continuation.

12. An electronic apparatus comprising the circuit device recited in claim 1.

10. A circuit device comprising:

a power supply circuit having a resonance circuit; and

a logic circuit,

the resonance circuit including a first coil, and a second coil having a core section shared by the first coil,

the power supply circuit supplying a first power supply voltage from a node on one end side of the first coil and a second power supply voltage from a node on one end side of the second coil to the logic circuit as the power supply voltage,

a first reference voltage being supplied to a node on the other end side of the first coil,

a second reference voltage being supplied to a node on the other end side of the second coil,

the second reference voltage being lower than the first reference voltage, and

the logic circuit performing an adiabatic circuit operation with the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage being supplied.

14. A circuit device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a transistor for oscillation continuation provided at the node on the one end side of the first coil or the node on the one end side of the second coil.

15. An electronic apparatus comprising the circuit device recited in claim 10.

13. A power supply circuit comprising:

a resonance circuit having a coil section and a capacitor,

the coil section including a first coil, and a second coil having a core that is shared by the first coil,

the coil section including a first coil, and a second coil having a core section shared by the first coil,

the resonance circuit supplying a first power supply voltage from a node on one end side of the first coil and a second power supply voltage from a node on one end side of the second coil,

a first reference voltage being supplied to a node on the other side of the first coil, and a second reference voltage being supplied to a node on the other side of the second coil, the second reference voltage being lower than the first reference voltage, and

the resonance circuit being thus configured to supply a first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage to an adiabatic circuit by resonance generated by the coil section and the capacitor.