Patent · US Expired

Circuit for shaping and making use of armature current ripple as generated by a D.C. motor, in particular for position control

US4924166A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 14, 1989
Grant dateMay 8, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P7/2855
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a circuit for shaping ripple in the armature current of a D.C. motor. The circuit includes a phase-locked loop (100). In addition, the circuit preferably includes a back-e.m.f. circuit (300) suitable for generating a signal proportional to the back-e.m.f. of the motor and for controlling the frequency of the phase-locked loop (100) on the basis of the signal obtained in this way and/or the back-e.m.f. circuit (300) suitable for generating a signal proportional to the back-e.m.f. of the motor, a voltage controlled oscillator (500) controlled by the signal proportional to the back-e.m.f., and a switched capacitor filter (400) controlled by the output of the oscillator (500), the filter being connected upstream from the phase-locked loop (100).

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