Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress a phase current generated in winding of a stator over a full speed range of motor when driving a stepper motor in a voltage mode. SOLUTION: A method of driving a stepper motor in feed-forward voltage mode includes (A) a step of setting the amplitude of a sinusoidal phase voltage of the stepper motor to a predetermined value to rotate the stepper motor at a desired speed. The predetermined value is the sum of a back-electromotive force (BEMF) estimated via a function of the desired speed and a product of a desired amplitude of a phase current (Iphase) and an estimated absolute value of the impedance of the stepper motor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
The present invention refers to a system for driving columns of a liquid crystal display comprising a logic circuitry (10) operating in a supply path between a first (VDD) and a second (VSS) supply voltage in which the first supply voltage is (VDD) higher than the second supply voltage (VSS). The logic circuitry (10) is capable of generating starting from the first logic signals (LOW_FRAME, WHITE_PIX) in input second logic signals (CP, CN, CP_N, CN_N) in output whose value is equal to the first (VDD) or second (VSS) supply voltage. The device comprises two elevator devices (11, 12) coupled to the logic circuitry (10) and operating in a supply path between a third supply voltage (VLCD) greater than the first supply voltage (VDD) and the second supply voltage (VSS); the elevator devices (11, 12) are capable of raising the value of the second logic signals (CP, CN, CP_N, CN_N). The device also comprises a first (T11-T12) and a second (T13-T14) pair of transistors shaving different supply paths (VLCD-VA, VB-VSS) and having an output terminal (OUT) in common; the first (T11-T12) and the second (T13-T14) pair of transistors are connected to the elevator devices (11, 12) so as to determine the drive signal of a column. The device comprises turnoff circuitry (15) operating in a supply path between the third (VLCD) and the second supply voltage (VSS) and coupled to the two elevator devices (11, 12). The circuitry (15) is capable of keeping one of the two pairs of transistors (T11-T12, T13-T14) in a turnoff state in the period of time of a frame when the other of the two pairs of transistors (T11-T12, T13-T14) is in operative conditions.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a system for driving rows of a liquid crystal display including at least one module for driving one single row of the liquid crystal display. The module includes an inverter operating in a supply path between a first and a second supply line of the system, where the first supply line includes a first switch for coupling the inverter to a first or to a second supply voltage and the second supply line includes a second switch for coupling the inverter to a third or to a fourth supply voltage. The inverter is driven by logic circuitry and provides a drive signal for one single row of the liquid crystal display.