Hitachi, Ltd.

Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Microcomputer Engineering, Ltd.

Yuichi Ohkubo

Kunio Seki

Yasuo Kominami

Fumihiko Yokogawa

Kazuo Watanabe

Tetsuo Sato

Akira Haeno

Toshiyuki Tsunoda

Nobuaki Yoneya

Toshihiko Watanabe

Kazutaka Inoue

Satoru Sekiguchi

Hiroyuki Kikuta

Satoshi Sasaki

Kohki Aizawa

The present disclosure provides a brushless motor driving circuit capable of clamping an output voltage at a proper voltage, even when a power source voltage changes. Namely, a pre-driver circuit generates a voltage for driving a brushless motor from a source voltage by turning on/off first and second PMOS transistors and first and second NMOS transistors in an H bridge circuit of a drive voltage generating circuit, and applies the voltage to a coil of the brushless motor. A first clamp circuit turns on/off the first NMOS transistor on the ground side so that the output voltage at a first output terminal becomes equal to or lower than the source voltage. A second clamp circuit turns on/off the second NMOS transistor on the ground side so that output voltage at a second output terminal becomes equal to or lower than the source voltage.

Brushless motor driving circuit

A motor speed regulating circuit includes a speed signal generator for generating a speed signal having a frequency proportional to the speed of the motor, synchronously with the rotation of the motor. A time difference detector is used for detecting a time difference between the period of the speed signal and a predetermined standard time. A control voltage generator is used for generating a speed control voltage to be applied to the motor in accordance with a detected time difference and feedback-controlling the speed of the motor in accordance with the standard time. A starter is used for starting the motor after the motor is stopped. The motor can be reliably restarted after it has been stopped.

Motor speed regulating circuit with starter and storage medium drive

A semiconductor integrated circuit device incorporates a voltage step-up (boost) circuit which produces a stepped-up (boosted) voltage higher than the power voltage based on a periodic pulse signal generated internally or supplied from the outside. The stepped-up voltage is supplied to the emitter of a pnp driving transistor that produces a drive current for the output transistor on the voltage source side which is the one of a pair of npn output transistors in push-pull configuration. The voltage step-up circuit has its current supply capacity varied in response to the current flowing through the output transistor or driving transistor.

Semiconductor integrated circuit device

A monolithic semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a differentially operative circuit section, an amplifying element connected to define a current flowing in the differentially operative circuit section and a circuit for adjusting a current flowing in the amplifying element to thereby compensate for variations of electric characteristics from one semiconductor device to another. The current adjusting circuit includes at least one amplifying element and a load resistance for the amplifying element in the current adjusting circuit. The load resistance has a structure suitable for a trimming operation to adjustably determine the resistance value of the load resistance. The amplifying elements are in a current mirror circuit connection with their control electrodes being concerned with each other so that the electric current flowing in the current path between the current receiving and delivering electrodes of the amplifying element connected to define the current flowing in the differentially operative circuit section is controlled by the adjustably determined resistance of the load resistance.

Monolithic semiconductor integrated circuit device having current

A variable electronic impedance circuit contains a voltage-current converter having an input terminal which is supplied with an input signal voltage, and a variable-gain current amplifier having an input terminal which is supplied with an output current of the voltage-current converter. The output signal current of the amplifier is fed back to the input terminal of the voltage-current converter. In order to prevent undesirable oscillation immediately after the closure of a power supply switch, the variable electronic impedance circuit includes a control circuit which substantially inhibits the operation of the voltage-current converter for a predetermined time after the closure of the power supply switch.

Variable electronic impedance circuit

An electronic impedance circuit is constructed of a voltage-current converter and a variable gain current amplifier. The voltage-current converter includes first and second transistors of the PNP-type differentially connected. The variable gain current amplifier includes third and fourth transistors of the NPN-type differentially connected, and fifth and sixth transistors of the PNP-type as load means. The bases of the third and fourth transistors are respectively driven by collector signals of the first and second transistors, and a collector signal of the third transistor is fed back to the base of the second transistor. In order to reduce a d.c. offset attributed to a current flowing between the base of the second transistor and the collector of the third transistor, a compensation circuit is connected to the variable gain amplifier. This compensation circuit can provide compensation by producing a compensation current for cancelling the current between the base of the second transistor and the collector of the third transistor.

Electronic impedance circuit including a compensation arrangement for

Either an input signal of a combining network or an output signal of an inverter arranged on a main path is fed to a side path through a mode switch in a switchable signal compressor/signal expander. Since an input terminal of a control amplifier is connected to a variable filter without passing through a signal amplifier, the deviation of the detection characteristic of a rectifier and integrator attributed to D.C. offset voltages of the signal amplifier and the control amplifier can be reduced. On the other hand, a switchable signal compressor/signal expander in another aspect of performance has a reference voltage generator for producing a D.C. reference voltage, and the output D.C. level of the control amplifier is maintained at a level approximate to the D.C. reference voltage. The other ends of first and second capacitors of the rectifier and integrator are also supplied with the D.C. reference voltage, so that the fluctuation of the detection characteristic of the rectifier and integrator ascribable to the fluctuation of the D.C. reference voltage is reduced.

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Yuichi Ohkubo