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Motor control circuit with current limiter and bypass switch

US4780773A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 10, 1987
Grant dateOct 25, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B19/20
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A spindle motor driving apparatus for a disc device in which in addition to a controller for operating a spindle motor at a predetermined speed, a switch for shorting a current limiting resistor provided between a motor power supply circuit and a driving circuit is closed in response to a predetermined condition after the motor is started.

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