Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Electrical time base – Solid state oscillating circuit type
Patent
1988-09-29
1990-03-27
Roskoski, Bernard
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Electrical time base
Solid state oscillating circuit type
368160, 368185, 318696, G06F 104, G04F 500
Patent
active
049126920
ABSTRACT:
An improved drive circuit for a quartz analog wristwatch having a bipole stepping motor with a drive coil, a power supply, a gear train having a plurality of gears driven by the rotor, a plurality of output members with hands rotatably driven by said gears, the rotor, gears, output members and hands together comprising a rotating system, wherein the improvement comprises a low impedance drive coil, first circuit means arrange to generate periodic pulses of alternating polarity at a normal timekeeping frequency, second circuit means arranged to supply successive drive pulses of alternating polarity to the coil at an intermediate frequency on the order of 300 to 600 pulses per second selected to sustain and synchronize the rotating system at a substantially constant angular velocity, and third circuit means arranged to modulate the periodic pulses generated by the first circuit means so as to chop them at a high frequency on the order of 4 kilohertz at a 25 to 50 percent duty cycle selected with regard to the low impedance coil, so that energy which would otherwise be consumed by the coil is reduced during normal timekeeping. A braking pulse of 22 to 30 milliseconds in duration is applied to stop the high speed rotating system at the conclusion of time setting.
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Crutcher William C.
Roskoski Bernard
Timex Corporation
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