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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2019
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ikuyasu Miyako, Miyagi, JP;
Tsutomu Abe, Miyagi, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rotation angle detector includes a rotational angular velocity calculator that calculates a rotational angular velocity of a motor based on an inter-terminal voltage of the motor detected by a voltage detector and a current flowing through the motor and detected by a current detector; a ripple detector that detects a ripple component included in the current; and a failure detector that detects a failure of any one of the voltage detector, the current detector, and the ripple detector based on outputs from the detectors. The failure detector determines that the failure has occurred when a state, where the outputs from two of the voltage detector, the current detector, and the ripple detector indicate normal rotation and the output from the remaining one of the voltage detector, the current detector, and the ripple detector does not indicate normal rotation, continues for a predetermined period of time.