Electricity: motive power systems – Open-loop stepping motor control systems
Patent
1987-08-27
1990-02-27
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Electricity: motive power systems
Open-loop stepping motor control systems
318685, 318257, H02P 800
Patent
active
049049178
ABSTRACT:
Drive apparatus, particularly for a twin polygon thermal scanner, utilizes a stepper motor driven by pulses of variable width timed, relative to the rotational position of the motor, so that the pulses are substantially centred on the maximum torque position of the motor. This minimizes power consumption. The control circuitry for the motor performs a start sequence, which is aborted and reinitiated in the event that the motor fails properly to start and in which the frequency of the pulses applied to the stopper motor is increased as the motor accelerates. Any excessive increase in the rate of increase of frequency of the pulses is detected and corrected. When the motor is running up to speed, the power applied to the motor is controlled by a phase detector which detects variations in phase between a referenced pulse train and a pulse train generated by the rotation of the motor.
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Bergmann Saul M.
Rank Pullin Controls Limited
Shoop Jr. William M.
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