Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Movement, electronic timepiece, and motor drive control method
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Application No.: US16520500Application Date: 2019-07-24
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Publication No.: US10958199B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: Reiko Nagahama , Takashi Kawaguchi
- Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JPJP2018-139338 20180725
- Main IPC: H02P8/12
- IPC: H02P8/12 ; G04C3/14 ; H02P8/16 ; H02P8/02

Abstract:
Provided is a motor drive circuit capable of driving a stepper motor even if the load on the stepper motor varies. A motor drive circuit has a first drive circuit that outputs a first drive signal to the driver; a second drive circuit that outputs a second drive signal to the driver; a controller that controls the first drive circuit and second drive circuit. The first drive circuit is configured to output a first drive signal based on the current value of current flow of a coil of a stepper motor. The second drive circuit is configured to output multiple types of second drive signals that differ by the supply time of drive current supplied to the coil. Based on a result of driving by the first drive circuit, the controller selects the type of second drive signal the second drive circuit outputs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200036309A1 MOVEMENT, ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, AND MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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