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Step motor driving circuit

US4463301A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 9, 1982
Grant dateJul 31, 1984
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Expiry dateJul 9, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P8/22
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A step motor driving circuit having A-phase and B-phase exciting windings which are independently supplied with exciting current in a sequence of four states per step of the step motor. The driving circuit is capable of applying a large or a small current to each phase winding and the currents are applied in a sequence to result in a trapezoidal shaped exciting current. During a first state only one phase is excited and it is excited with the large current. During the second state the one phase is excited with the large current and the other phase with the small current. During the third state both phases are excited with large currents. During the fourth state the one phase is excited with the small current and the other phase with the large current.

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