Patent attributes
A liquid lens driver 10 has DC-DC converter 12, oscillator 14, pulse width modulator 16, and control logic circuit 18. The output buffer circuit 30 divides converter output voltage Vs of a prescribed amplitude (voltage level), input as the power source voltage, into bipolar, that is, positive/negative, output voltages Out-A, Out-B for output, and, corresponding to the H/L level of PWM signal CPWM, it turns ON/OFF the two output voltages Out-A, Out-B. In this way, from liquid lens driver 10, pulse width modulation (PWM) output voltages Out-A, Out-B are applied as driving voltage VL on electrodes 104, 108 of liquid lens 100.