Electricity: measuring and testing – Electrical speed measuring – Including speed-related frequency generator
Patent
1987-10-05
1989-02-07
Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Electrical speed measuring
Including speed-related frequency generator
336200, 324174, G01P 348, G01P 3487
Patent
active
048034258
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a multi-phase printed circuit board (PCB) tachometer for accurate measurement of the rotational speed and direction of an electric motor. The multi-phase output not only provides rotation velocity in the form of the conventional a-c output signal, but also provides rotation direction information, in addition to providing a higher rotational resolution than conventional PCB tachometers. According to a first embodiment of the present invention, a multi "winding", multi-phase PCB tachometer that uses a single multi-pole magnet is constructed by using double sided boards with plated through holes. In a second embodiment, a multi-phase tachometer configuration is disclosed in which the number of radial printed circuit traces and the number of pole magnets are not equal, whereby the individual voltages generated across each radial segment will not be in phase, and thus can provide rotational direction information as well as velocity information.
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Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Regan Maura K.
Xerox Corporation
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