Patent · US Expired

Driving circuit of a crossed-coil type instrument using digital data pulse production

US4928060A · kind A · utility

10Cited by
4References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 1, 1989
Grant dateMay 22, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 1, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01P3/489
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A driving circuit for driving a crossed-coil type instrument used for reading a physical quantity in which a pair of windings surrounding a movable magnet carrying a pointer needle thereon are disposed to cross each other with a predetermined mechanical angle. The driving circuit comprises a digital data conversion circuit supplied with an electrical signal representing the physical quantity to be measured for producing a digital data representing the electrical signal, a pulse data producing circuit supplied with the digital data for producing a number of pulses in correspondence with the digital data, and a drive signal generating circuit supplied with the pulses for generating first and second analog drive signals therefrom. The driving signals are respectively supplied to the first and second windings for moving the magnet disposed in the first and second windings.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.