Method and circuit arrangement for controlling current in motors

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9030150
APP PUB NO 20120274261A1
SERIAL NO

13509801

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A method and circuit arrangement for controlling the motor current in an electric motor, in particular a stepper motor, by a chopper method is provided. In the method/circuit arrangement, the motor is operated with a coil current that follows a target coil current substantially more accurately at least at the zero crossing of the coil current. The method/circuit arrangement provides a good symmetry of the sinusoidal wave shape of the coil current with respect to the zero crossing of the coil current. The method is achieved in particular by the active control of the coil current both in the direction of a predefined target coil current and opposite the direction of the predefined target coil current with respect to upper or lower desired current values and a lowering or increasing of the upper or lower desired current values.

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MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS INC160 RIO ROBLES DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134

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Dwersteg, Bernhard Hamburg, DE 11 39

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