Electricity: motive power systems – Open-loop stepping motor control systems
Patent
1982-04-29
1984-12-18
Witkowski, S. J.
Electricity: motive power systems
Open-loop stepping motor control systems
318185, 360 77, H02K 2904
Patent
active
044892594
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for controlling a stepper motor and a disk drive is described for minimization of stepper motor oscillations for a single step, minimizing the time taken for the stepper motor to move between tracks for multi-track seeks, and reduction of angular hysteresis due to the mechanical and magnetic properties of the stepper motor construction.
This control is achieved using a microprocessor-based circuit adapted to drive the stepper motor in accordance with predetermined programs. Oscillations of the stepper motor are damped by controlling, using one program, the current applied to the stepper motor during the last step of its motion by switching this current on and off within small predetermined time intervals. The time taken to move between tracks is controlled by another program in which the non-linear torque speed characteristics of a particular stepper motor are matched by a non-linear pulse rate which is determined by data held in the memory of the microprocessor circuit. This data can be modified to suit the requirements of the stepper motor and load. Another program controls minimization of hysteresis by ensuring that each track on the disk is approached from the same direction and from the same previously energized set of windings. The microprocessor controls the direction of motion of the stepper motor and hence decides whether or not the read/write head should cross the desired track and return it to ensure uniformity of approach.
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Ruxton David S.
Stewart Alec D.
White James N. J.
Baker Joseph J.
Bergmann Saul M.
Ferguson Jr. Gerald J.
Rodime Limited
Witkowski S. J.
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