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Closed-loop control system for a stepping motor

US4710690A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 1986
Grant dateDec 1, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P8/04
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for operating a stepping motor in start, run, and stop modes of operation. After the stepping motor is accelerated in the start mode, it is operated in the run mode by energizing the windings with a lead angle of two steps in one embodiment and by energizing the windings with a lead angle of two and one quarter steps in a second embodiment.

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