Phase-locked step motor speed servo controller
US5212434A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 1992 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S388/912
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A speed controller is equipped to a step motor for controlling the rotation of the step motor with a desired angular velocity. The step motor speed controller utilizes a phase-locked stepping servomechanism (PLSS) in which a phase-controlled oscillator (PCO) comprised of an adaptive digital-pumped controller (ADPC) and a voltage-controller oscillator (VCO) is employed. The step motor speed controller utilizes a tachometer comprised of an optical encoder for detecting the angular speed of the step motor. The tachometer sends out a first pulse train with the frequency thereof indicating the angular velocity of the step motor as a feedback signal to the ADPC. A reference signal source is employed for sending a second pulse train to the ADPC. The ADPC compares the phase difference between the first pulse train and the second pulse train and whereby a signal corresponding the phase difference is sent to the VCO, causing the VCO to output a third pulse train to the step motor. The generated third pulse is thus used to drive the step motor.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.