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Digital servo system for controlling rotational speed of rotary body

US4994723A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 1989
Grant dateFeb 19, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P23/22
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A microcomputer 1 servo controls a rotational speed of a capstan motor 10 in a VTR in a digital manner. A value of a timer counter 6 is stored in an ICR 7 at a timing of each edge of FG signal pulses generated as the capstan motor rotates. Thereafter, in the microcomputer 1, a FG interrupt processing is carried out corresponding to the value of ICR 7. More specifically, the microcomputer 1 alternately measures a first period from a rise of one pulse of the FG signal to a rise of a subsequent pulse thereof and a second period from a fall of one pulse to a fall of a subsequent pulse to determine an amplitude of a speed error signal based on these periods. Therefore, a sampling frequency for the digital servo control can be double that of a prior art.

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