Pumps – Condition responsive control of pump drive motor – Single motor control element responsive to means sensing...
Patent
1999-03-25
2000-10-24
Walberg, Teresa
Pumps
Condition responsive control of pump drive motor
Single motor control element responsive to means sensing...
417 32, 417 441, 318471, 318472, 318599, 388611, 388811, G05B 500, F04B 4900
Patent
active
061357189
ABSTRACT:
An interface apparatus for fan monitoring and control includes a current source amplifier that generates a programmable current in response to its input voltages. Associated with an output capacitor, which is able to reduce noise, the programmable current drives the fan at a desired speed. The rotating fan induces a ripple signal in the output capacitor, which is fed to a band-pass amplifier to produce a tachometer pulse. Through a buffer amplifier, an input control signal combined with a thermal sensor signal has direct control over the current source amplifier. Alternatively, a PWM circuit having a comparator, a ramp oscillator and the output of the buffer amplifier drives the current source amplifier in switching mode. Since the ramp oscillator can be synchronized by the input, both analog and pulse signals can function as the input control signals.
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Pwu Jeffrey
System General Corporation
Walberg Teresa
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