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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Furuki, Miyagi, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A current control circuit for controlling a drive current supplied to an inductive load is provided. The current control circuit is configured to perform a first mode of controlling a duty of the drive current so as to be 100% until a current value of the drive current reaches a first target current value after a supply of the drive current is started, and a second mode of controlling the duty of the drive current to be a predetermined duty below 100% until the current value of the drive current reaches a second target current value that is greater than the first target current value after the current value of the drive current reaches the first target current value.