JP2008035586A - Drive wave generation circuit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive wave generation circuit for generating the drive wave of a piezoelectric element effectively. <P>SOLUTION: Basic waveform data transferred from a serial I/F 50 is stored in a register 56 and a basic waveform generation circuit 10 generates a basic waveform by using that data. A selector 58 can supply the basic waveform data from a fixed memory 60 to a register 46 in place of the basic waveform data from the serial I/F. A drive wave can be generated from the early stage by utilizing the data in the fixed memory 60 during initialization. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a drive wave generation circuit that generates a drive wave for driving a piezo actuator.

  Conventionally, a piezo actuator utilizing the expansion and contraction of a piezo element has been proposed and is expected as an ultra-small actuator (see Non-Patent Document 1). This piezo actuator is employed, for example, in a small camera such as a mobile phone, for a mechanism for driving an image sensor to correct camera shake, or for focusing for moving a lens.

  This piezo actuator expands and contracts by applying a voltage to the piezo element (piezoelectric element), and reciprocates the drive shaft. Then, the moving body in frictional contact with the driving shaft is moved by making the moving speed in one direction of the driving shaft different from the moving speed in the opposite direction (slowly and rapidly pulling or vice versa). As described above, the expansion / contraction of the piezo element is used as the driving force, the linear movement is possible, the coil or the like is unnecessary, and the actuator can be downsized.

  Here, in order to change the reciprocating speed of the drive shaft, the voltage waveform applied to the piezo element must be changed. For example, in order to stretch slowly and contract rapidly, it is necessary to apply a voltage of a pattern in which a voltage in the first direction is slowly applied to the piezo element and a voltage in the opposite direction is suddenly applied.

  In order to realize this, two types of basic waveforms having different fixed basic cycle duty ratios are generated according to the basic clock, the input driving drive pulses are counted, and a predetermined number of basic waveforms for one drive pulse are generated. A driving wave generating circuit to be generated was proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-140057 (unpublished).

KONICA MINOLTA TECHNOLOGY REPORT VOL 1 (2004), p.23-26

  Here, the duty ratio and timing of the basic waveform are fixed in the drive circuit. For this reason, it is necessary to change the circuit when the driving piezo element changes. On the other hand, in order to make the duty ratio and timing variable, it is conceivable to write setting data in a register. In this case, for example, data transferred using a serial bus such as an I2C bus is set in the register. Here, this register is set to “0” at the time of initialization such as power-on. When this data is “0”, no driving wave is generated, and no driving wave is output until predetermined data is set by the serial bus, and the initial setting operation takes time.

  The present invention is a drive wave generation circuit for generating a drive wave for driving a piezo actuator, which stores a basic waveform data transferred by a serial bus and stores preset fundamental wave data. And a switching means for switching whether the basic waveform data transferred from the serial bus or the basic waveform data from the memory means is supplied to the register, and is stored in the register A drive wave is generated based on the waveform data.

  Further, according to the basic waveform data stored in the register, a basic waveform generation circuit for generating a basic waveform having a fixed basic period, and one period of the basic waveform are counted, and the count value reaches a predetermined number of units. A unit counter that sometimes outputs a unit detection pulse, and a drive counter that counts the input drive pulse in one direction from the initial value and counts the count value in the direction of the initial value by the unit detection pulse from the unit counter; An output gate for outputting a drive wave consisting of a basic waveform from the time when the drive counter counts in one direction until the initial value is reached, and the number of drive pulses to be input is the number of basic cycles in one unit It is preferable to output a driving wave composed of the multiplied number of basic waveforms.

  The fundamental wave generating circuit generates two types of fundamental waves, accepts two kinds of fundamental waveforms from the fundamental waveform generation circuit, and outputs the accepted two kinds of fundamental waveforms from any of the two output terminals. A direction selector that switches according to a direction control signal, wherein the output gate receives the output of the direction selector, and the drive counter counts in one direction until the initial value is reached, the direction selector It is preferable to output a drive wave composed of a pair of basic waveforms by permitting the output of.

  According to the present invention, either the basic waveform data transferred from the serial bus or the basic waveform data from the memory means can be switched and used. By using the fundamental wave data from the memory means at the time of initialization or the like, it becomes possible to output the drive wave at an early stage.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a driving wave generation circuit according to the embodiment, and this driving wave generation circuit is configured as one semiconductor integrated circuit (IC). As input terminals, four terminals of a basic clock CLK, a direction control signal M / I, a drive pulse DRIVE, and an enable signal ENB, and two terminals for I2C bus SDA and SCL for serial transfer are prepared. As output terminals, three terminals GATE_A, GATE_B, and BUSY are prepared.

  The basic waveform generation circuit 10 outputs two basic waveforms (basic waveform 1 and basic waveform 2) based on a basic clock CLK input from the outside. The basic waveform generation circuit 10 has, for example, a counter that counts the basic clock for one period of the basic waveform, generates H level and L level by logical operation of outputs of a plurality of flip-flops constituting the counter, and generates 2 Kinds of basic waveforms 1 and 2 may be generated. Two basic waveforms 1 and 2 may be stored, and the basic waveforms 1 and 2 may be read and output from this memory.

  FIG. 2 shows examples of the basic waveform 1 and the basic waveform 2. For example, when the basic clock CLK is 9.75 MHz, one cycle of the basic waveforms 1 and 2 is set to 134 clocks (= 13.74 μsec), and the basic waveform 1 becomes the H level after the L level period of 22 clocks. . On the other hand, the basic waveform 2 becomes H level after an H level period of 26 clocks and an L bell period of 46 clocks. Accordingly, after the L level of the basic waveform 1 is finished, there is a period of 4 clocks until the basic waveform 2 becomes the L level.

  From the basic waveform generation circuit 10, one cycle pulse is output for each cycle of the basic waveform. For example, the output of 134 counts of the counter that counts the basic clock may be one period pulse. This one-cycle pulse is supplied to the 200-cycle counter 12, and when the 200-cycle counter 12 counts 200 one-cycle pulses (one unit), it outputs a 200-cycle pulse (unit detection pulse).

  This 200 period pulse is input to the subtraction input terminal of the drive counter 14. In the drive counter 14, a drive signal DRIVE is input from the outside (external microcomputer) to an addition input terminal.

  The drive counter 14 outputs an H level when the initial value is not “0”. For example, all outputs of flip-flops constituting the counter may be ORed to be output. The drive pulse DRIVE can be input with a sufficiently shorter period than the 200 period pulse. Therefore, by inputting n drive pulses DRIVE, the output of the drive counter 14 is at the H level for a period until n 200 cycle pulses are input.

  The output of the drive counter 14 is output as a signal BUSY via the OR gate 30 and is input to the control terminal of the output gate 20. The signal BUSY is supplied to, for example, an external microcomputer, and the microcomputer recognizes that the drive circuit is operating based on the signal BUSY.

  The basic waveforms 1 and 2 generated in the basic waveform generation circuit 10 are input to the direction selector 22. A direction control signal M / I input from the outside is supplied to the control terminal of the direction selector 22 via an OR gate 34, an AND gate 24, and an OR gate 32. An in-operation signal of the initial counter 18 is inverted and supplied to the AND gate 24 so that it becomes L level during operation. Therefore, if the initial counter 18 is not in operation, the direction control signal M / I is supplied to the control terminal of the direction selector 22 as it is.

(Initial movement)
On the other hand, the OR gate 32 is supplied with a direction control signal M / I, which is an output of the initial counter 18, via an EX OR (exclusive OR) gate 62. The EX OR gate 62 is also supplied with a direction control signal M / I from the OR gate 34. Therefore, when the initial counter 18 is in operation, the direction control signal determined by the exclusive OR of the direction control signal M / I output from the OR gate 34 and the direction control signal M / I from the initial counter 18. Is supplied to the direction selector 22.

  For example, it is assumed that the direction control signal M / I input from the outside is set to L level to instruct to move in the ∞ direction. The direction control signal M / I from the initial counter 18 is a signal that is H level only when the count value of the initial counter 18 is 175, 176, and the output of the EX OR gate 62 is L level until the count value is 174. Only when the count value is 175, 176, it becomes H level.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the direction control signal M / I input from the outside is set to H level to instruct to move in the macro direction. Since the direction control signal M / I from the initial counter is L level until the count value of the initial counter 18 is 174, the output of the EX OR gate 62 becomes H level, and only when the count value is 175,176. , Become L level.

  As described above, in this embodiment, by setting the output from the OR gate 34 to L level, the lens is moved in the ∞ direction during the initial operation so that the output from the OR gate 34 becomes H level. By setting, the lens is moved in the macro direction during the initial operation.

  The direction selector 22 replaces the basic waveform 1 and the basic waveform 2 with the two output terminals according to the direction control signal M / I supplied to the control terminal, and outputs it. In this example, the direction control signal M / I is a signal indicating the movement of the lens in the macro (M) direction or the movement of the lens in the ∞ (I) direction supplied from an external microcomputer. When the direction control signal M / I is at the L level, the fundamental waves 1 and 2 are output to the two output terminals as they are. This is a signal for moving the lens in the ∞ (I) direction. On the other hand, when the direction control signal M / I is at the H level, the direction selector 22 switches the fundamental waves 1 and 2 and outputs them to the two output terminals. This is a signal for moving the lens in the macro (M) direction. The two outputs of the direction selector 22 are output as a signal GATE_A and a signal GATE_B via the output gate 20, whereby the expansion and contraction of the piezo element is controlled, and the lens is moved in the ∞ direction or the macro direction.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 3, when the direction control signal M / I is at L level (moving in the ∞ direction), the basic waveforms 1 and 2 are output as they are as GATE_A and GATE_B, and the direction control signal M / I is At the H level (moving in the macro direction), the basic waveform 1 is output as GATE_B and the basic waveform 2 is output as GATE_A.

  Further, the direction control signal M / I is also supplied to the change detection circuit 26. The change detection circuit 26 detects the rise and fall of the direction control signal M / I and outputs a change detection pulse. The change detection pulse is supplied to the reset terminal of the 200-cycle counter 12 via the OR gate 28. An enable signal ENB is also supplied to the OR gate 28. Even when the enable signal ENB is at L level, the OR gate 28 outputs H level.

  The output of the OR gate 28 is supplied to the reset terminals of the 200 period counter 12 and the drive counter 14. Therefore, when the enable signal ENB is at L level and when the state of the direction control signal M / I is switched (period in which the change detection pulse is at H level), the 200-cycle counter 12 and the drive counter 14 are in a reset state. .

  The enable signal ENB is inverted and input to the reset terminal of the basic waveform generation circuit 10, and when the enable signal ENB is at L level, the output of the basic waveform generation circuit 10 is also prohibited.

  The enable signal ENB is also input to the initial counter 18, and the initial counter 18 counts up to 176 200-cycle pulses once from the rise of the enable signal ENB. For example, when the count is 176, a completion pulse is generated, and the initial counter 18 is reset by this completion pulse and pauses until the next rise of the enable signal ENB. Thus, 176 is counted only once every time the enable signal ENB rises.

  The initial counter 18 outputs an H level from the terminals 171 to 174 when the count value is 171 to 174, and this output is supplied to the output gate as a standby (output prohibited) signal. Further, a direction control signal M / I which is H level when the count value is 175 to 176 from the terminals 175 to 176 and becomes L level when the other count value is output. That is, the initial counter 18 outputs a direction control signal M / I for selecting the ∞ direction when the count value is 0 to 174, and for selecting the macro direction when the count value is 175 to 176. The control signal M / I is supplied to the direction selector 22 via the OR gate 32.

  During the operation of the initial counter 18, the output of the drive counter 14 and the output of the direction control signal M / I are prohibited by the AND gate 24, and the direction selector 22 and the output gate 20 are operated by the output of the initial counter 18. .

  Therefore, at the initial setting when the enable signal ENB rises, the initial counter 18 operates to control the direction selector 22 and the output gate 20 so that the count value 174 is on the ∞ side, and the period of the count values 175 to 176 is on the macro side, for example. The direction control signal M / I to be moved to is supplied to the direction selector 22, and thereafter, the direction control signal M / I supplied from the outside is supplied to the direction selector 22 as it is.

  Further, the inverted signal of the operation signal of the initial counter 18, the output of the drive counter 14, and the operation signal of the initial counter 18 are also supplied to the OR gate 30, and the output of the OR gate 30 is as described above. While being supplied to the output gate 20, it is output to the outside as a busy signal BUSY. Therefore, when the initial counter 18 is operating and when the count value of the drive counter 14 is not “0”, the busy signal BUSY becomes H level.

(Serial bus)
Furthermore, in this embodiment, an I2C-based serial interface (I / F) 50 is provided, and an SDA bus and an SCL bus from an external microcomputer are connected to the serial I / F 50. The serial I / F 50 is connected to registers 52, 54, and 56 via a data bus. Accordingly, the serial I / F 50 sequentially fetches the data supplied to the SDA bus according to the transfer clock supplied to the SCL bus, and sends it to one of the registers 52, 54, and 56 of the address designated by the data. Write incoming data.

  The direction control signal DIR data is written to the register 52 connected to the serial I / F 50, the output state signal ACTIVE data is written to the register 54, and the data about the basic waveform is written to the register 56.

  The direction control signal DIR from the register 52 is input to the OR gate 34. Accordingly, if the direction control signal M / I supplied from the microcomputer is set to the L level, the driving wave output for moving the lens to the infinity ∞ side or the macro side is generated by the direction control signal DIR written to the register 52. The driving wave output for the movement can be switched.

  The output state signal ACTIVE from the register 54 is supplied to the OR gate 34. Therefore, if the output state signal ACTIVE is H level, the output gate 20 is enabled, and the fundamental waves 1 and 2 supplied from the direction selector 22 are output to GATE_A or GATE_B, respectively.

  Further, the register 54 is connected to the basic waveform generation circuit 10, and the basic waveform generation circuit 10 controls the generated basic waveform 1 and basic waveform 2 based on the data written in the register 54. For example, the duty ratio, timing, frequency, etc. are determined by data written in the register 54. For example, data on the basic waveforms 1 and 2 is written in the register 54, and the basic waveform generation circuit 10 reads the data to generate the basic waveforms 1 and 2.

  In addition, a direction control signal M / I and a drive pulse DRIVE may be supplied from a microcomputer without using a serial bus, and a drive wave may be generated. Send it, store it in a register, and switch modes.

  It is also preferable to provide the count value of the 200-cycle counter 12 and the set value of the initial counter 18 as data transferred from the serial bus. For example, the number of basic waveforms generated by one drive pulse can be set to other than 200 by setting the setting value counted up by the 200 period counter 12 to other values such as 150 and 300 instead of 200. Further, if the setting value in the initial counter 18 is changed, the driving wave number for moving in one direction (infinite direction) in the initial stage and the driving wave number for returning can be arbitrarily set. For example, any setting such as 1 to 149 moving in the infinity direction, 150 to 154 waiting, and 155 to 156 moving in the macro direction is possible.

(Use of fixed memory)
In the present embodiment, a selector 58 is disposed between the serial I / F 50 and the register 56, and a fixed memory 60 is connected to the selector 58. Therefore, the selector 58 can switch the data stored in the register 56 between data from the serial I / F 50 and data from the fixed memory 60.

  FIG. 6 shows a specific configuration. The fixed value data of each bit from the fixed memory 60 and the setting data of each bit from the serial I / F 50 are input to the selector 58 for each bit. The output of the selector 58 for each bit is connected to each bit of the register 56. The selector 58 determines which one to select by the selection signal SELECT. The selection signal SELECT may be serially transferred from the microcomputer and set in a separately provided register. For example, the selection signal SELECT may be set to select the fixed memory 60 side by default.

  A latch signal and a reset signal are input to the OR gate 70, and the output of the OR gate 70 is supplied to the control terminal of the register 56 for each bit. The register 56 outputs the input signal as it is when the input to the control terminal is at the H level, and holds the value at that time when the input to the control terminal becomes the L level.

  At the start of the system, the reset signal temporarily becomes H level, and the selector 58 selects the fixed memory 60 at that time. Therefore, when the reset signal returns to the L level, the data in the fixed memory 60 is held in the register 56. On the other hand, when data is set by serial transfer, the selection signal SELECT is set to the H level, and the latch signal is set to the H level while the serial I / F 50 is selected. As a result, serial data sent from the outside is supplied to the register 56 as parallel data, and is set in the register 56 when the latch signal returns to the L level.

  Next, the operation of such a drive wave generation circuit will be described.

"Initial setting operation"
First, in order to use the camera, when the camera power is turned on, the microcomputer for controlling the operation of the camera starts operation, and the enable signal ENB is initially set to L level. When the enable signal ENB is at the L level, a reset signal is supplied to the basic waveform generation circuit 10, the 200 period counter 12, the drive counter 14, and the initial counter 18, the internal counter is reset, and the drive wave generation circuit is in a sleep state. become. Further, the basic clock CLK is supplied from the outside (microcomputer). The direction control signal M / I and the drive pulse DRIVE are unnecessary at this stage, but it is preferable to reset the drive counter 14 in advance. Note that the reset signal may be an inverted signal of the enable signal.

  Next, the microcomputer changes the enable signal ENB from the L level to the H level. With this rise, the basic waveform generation circuit 10, the 200 period counter 12, the drive counter 14, and the initial counter 18 start operation. Here, since the operating signal from the initial counter 18 is changed to the H level, the BUSY signal becomes the H level, and the output permission control signal is supplied to the output gate 20.

  Further, since the operation signal of the initial counter 18 is inverted and supplied to the AND gate 24, the output of the AND gate 24 becomes L level, and this is supplied to the direction selector 22 via the OR gate 32. The selector 22 outputs a pair of basic waveforms 1 and 2 for movement in the infinite ∞ direction.

  Then, the initial counter 18 counts up the 200 cycle pulses from the 200 cycle counter 12. When the count value of the initial counter 18 reaches 171, a standby signal is supplied to the output gate 20, and signal output from this is prohibited. When the count value of the initial counter 18 is 175, 176, the H level is output from the initial counter 18 as the direction control signal M / I. Therefore, the basic waveforms 1 and 2 to be moved in the macro direction in the direction selector 22 are replaced. This is output from the output gate 20.

  The overflow signal is output by the 177th count, the initial counter 18 stops its operation, and the in-operation signal becomes L level. This completes the initial setting operation.

  For example, a flip-flop set by the rising edge of the enable signal ENB is provided, the operation of the initial counter 18 is enabled by the output of the flip-flop, and the initial counter 18 is reset by resetting the flip-flop by the overflow signal. Can do.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the initial setting operation is performed using the enable signal ENB indicating whether or not the drive wave generation circuit is to be put into an operation state. Therefore, it is not necessary to input a special control signal for performing the initial setting operation, and the number of terminals in the drive wave generating circuit can be reduced.

  Further, as described above, since the reset signal temporarily becomes H level, the data of the fixed memory 60 is set in the register 56. Therefore, the basic waveform 1 based on the data set in the fixed memory 60 is set. 2 is output from the basic waveform generation circuit 10. As described above, since the fixed memory 60 is used, even if the contents of the register 56 can be rewritten, the contents can be determined at an early stage, and a drive wave can be generated at an early stage. The fixed memory 60 can be a rewritable nonvolatile memory such as a metal connection, a mask ROM, or a flash memory.

  Here, in this embodiment, the movement of 170 200-cycle pulses in the ∞ direction is a movement amount that is moved to the limit point in the ∞ direction and mechanically stopped regardless of where the lens is located. Therefore, the lens is held at a position beyond the ∞ position by this movement. Then, after waiting for a while, the lens is reliably held at the ∞ position by moving in the macro direction by two 200-cycle pulses. The initial position of the lens may be the macro position in the opposite direction, and the lens can be initialized to an arbitrary position by changing the amount of movement after standby. Therefore, the initial position of the lens can be determined without using a sensor that detects the position of the lens.

(Change of initial position)
Further, as described above, in this embodiment, the EX OR gate 62 is provided, and the output of the initial counter 18 can be inverted. The register 52 is written with data for determining the moving direction based on the serially transferred data. It is not preferable to determine the direction of the initial operation by this serial transfer, and it is preferable to perform the operation control according to the count value of the initial counter 18 by the direction control signal M / I output from the microcomputer. There is no need to determine by the signal M / I.

  If the output of the OR gate 34 is at the H level, the output port of the basic waveforms 1 and 2 is inverted in the direction selector 22, so that a driving wave that moves to the macro side is output as an initial operation. That is, the microcomputer outputs a signal for setting the direction control signal M / I at the H level or the direction control signal DIR to the H level, so that the operation of the direction selector 22 according to the output of the initial counter 18 is inverted, and the initial operation is performed. The lens can be moved to the macro side.

"Normal operation"
During normal operation, the basic clock CLK is supplied as usual, and the enable signal ENB is at H level. In this state, the microcomputer determines the moving direction and moving amount of the lens based on the focusing information, and supplies a direction control signal M / I and a drive pulse DRIVE corresponding to the moving direction and moving amount to the driving wave generating circuit. If the movement is in the macro direction, the direction control signal M / I is set to the H level, and if the movement is in the ∞ direction, the direction control signal M / I is set to the L level. The number of drive pulses DRIVE corresponding to the amount of lens movement is supplied to the drive counter 14. In this embodiment, the movement is performed using a piezo element, and the lens moves about 5 μm by 200 times of the basic waveforms 1 and 2. Therefore, if it is determined that the movement of 50 μm is necessary, 10 drive pulses are transmitted, and 10 is set as the count value in the drive counter 14. When the value of the drive counter 14 becomes 0 by the output of the 200-cycle counter 12, the output from the drive counter 14 is supplied to the control terminal of the output gate 20, and the output of the drive wave from the output gate 20 is prohibited. Is done.

  Thus, in this embodiment, one drive pulse is made to correspond to 200 cycles of the basic waveforms 1 and 2. As a result, the drive pulse generated by the microcomputer can have a sufficiently smaller frequency than the basic waveform, and the processing load on the microcomputer is reduced. Furthermore, since the basic waveform itself does not need to be generated by the microcomputer, the processing load on the microcomputer is reduced.

  The focus information is obtained from, for example, luminance information of the received image. That is, the total sum of the image brightness obtained in a focused state increases. Therefore, it is possible to detect a change in luminance while moving the lens in one direction and obtain focus information from the changed state. In this case, it is often preferable to move the lens once and then return to the opposite direction to the optimum position.

  In the present embodiment, when the change detection circuit 26 detects a state change of the direction control signal M / I, the 200 cycle counter 12 and the drive counter 14 are reset to zero. Therefore, the microcomputer outputs, for example, 100 drive pulses, moves the lens in one direction, detects the focus position in that state, and returns to the in-focus position when the lens goes too far in the in-focus position. Focusing can be performed by calculating the amount of movement and outputting that number of drive pulses. Even if the initial movement direction of the lens is opposite, the movement direction can be reversed immediately by switching the direction control signal M / I.

  In this way, by resetting the drive counter 14 according to the state change of the direction control signal M / I, the degree of freedom of the processing sequence of the microcomputer in the focusing operation is increased, and an appropriate focusing operation can be achieved.

  Note that only the drive counter 14 may be reset without resetting the 200-cycle counter 12.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to effectively generate a drive wave by a combination of the two signals of the direction control signal M / I and the drive pulse DRIVE.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a drive circuit for a piezo element. Since the piezo element 40 can be regarded as a capacitor electrically, it is described as a capacitor in the figure.

  The power sources are connected to the sources of two p-channel transistors 42a and 42b, and the drains of these transistors 42a and 42b are connected to the drains of n-channel transistors 44a and 44b, respectively. The sources of the transistors 44 a and 44 b are connected to the ground via the resistor 46. A signal GATE_A is input to the gates of the transistors 42a and 44a, and a signal GATE_B is input to the gates of the transistors 42b and 44b. Furthermore, the piezo element 40 is connected between the connection point of the transistors 42a and 44a and the connection point of the transistors 42b and 44b.

  The transistors 42a and 44a form an inverter, and GATE_A is inverted and supplied to one end of the piezoelectric element 40, and the transistors 42b and 44b form an inverter and the other end of the piezoelectric element 40 is connected to the other end. GATE_B is inverted and supplied.

  Therefore, when the basic waveforms 1 and 2 in FIG. 2 are supplied to the drive circuit as GATE_A and GATE_B, respectively, the voltage OUT_A at one end 40A and the voltage OUT_B at the other end 40B of the piezo element 40 change as shown in FIG. try to. Here, when the transistors 42a and 42b are turned on, the power supply voltage is immediately applied to the piezo element 40. However, when the transistors 44a and 44b are turned on, the resistor 46 is present, so that the one end 40A of the piezo element 40 is connected. The voltage changes as shown in FIG. 5 with reference to the voltage at the other end 40B. As a result, as shown by a broken line in the figure, it is possible to apply a saw-tooth voltage to the piezo element 40 by applying a voltage suddenly in one direction and gradually changing the voltage in the opposite direction. Therefore, the piezo element 40 performs an operation of slowly extending and abruptly contracting (or vice versa), and the lens can be moved by the difference in expansion / contraction speed.

(Operation with serial data)
In normal operation, when the H level is written in the register 54 and the direction control signal DIR is written in the register 52 as serial data, output of a driving wave is started in the direction determined by the direction control signal DIR. The output of this drive wave is written at the H level in the register 54, and is continuously output during the period when the output state signal ACTIVE is at the H level. Therefore, by writing data to the registers 52 and 54 using a serial bus, a driving wave in a desired direction can be output for a desired period.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of a drive wave generation circuit. It is a figure which shows the waveform of a fundamental wave. It is a figure which shows the waveform of a drive wave. It is a figure which shows the drive circuit of a piezo element. It is a figure which shows the drive waveform of a piezo element. It is a figure which shows the structure of a selector and a register.

Explanation of symbols

  10 basic waveform generation circuit, 12 200 period counter, 14 drive counter, 24 AND gate, 18 initial counter, 20 output gate, 22 direction selector, 26 change detection circuit, 28, 30, 32, 70 OR gate, 40 piezo element, 52 , 54, 56 registers, 58 selector, 60 fixed memory, 62 EX or gate.

Claims (3)

A drive wave generating circuit for generating a drive wave for driving a piezo actuator,
A register for storing basic waveform data transferred by the serial bus;
Memory means for storing fundamental wave data set in advance;
Switching means for switching between supplying basic waveform data transferred from the serial bus and basic waveform data from the memory means to the register;
Have
A driving wave generating circuit characterized in that a driving wave is generated based on basic waveform data stored in a register. The drive wave generation circuit according to claim 1,
A basic waveform generating circuit for generating a basic waveform having a fixed basic period according to the basic waveform data stored in the register;
A unit counter that counts one period of the basic waveform and outputs a unit detection pulse when the count value reaches a predetermined number of units;
A drive counter that counts the input drive pulse in one direction from the initial value and counts the count value in the direction of the initial value by the unit detection pulse from the unit counter;
An output gate that outputs a driving wave consisting of a basic waveform until the initial value is reached after the drive counter counts in one direction;
Further including
A drive wave generating circuit characterized by outputting a drive wave having a number of basic waveforms obtained by multiplying the number of input drive pulses by the number of fundamental periods in one unit. In the driving wave generation circuit according to claim 2,
The fundamental wave generating circuit generates two types of fundamental waves,
A direction selector that receives two types of basic waveforms from the basic waveform generation circuit and switches between the two output ends of the two received basic waveforms according to a direction control signal;
The output gate receives the output of the directional selector and permits the output of the directional selector from the time when the drive counter counts in one direction until the initial value is reached, whereby a drive wave consisting of a pair of basic waveforms. A drive wave generation circuit characterized in that

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