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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1978
Filed:
May. 03, 1976
Robert P Harshberger, Jr, San Jose, CA (US);
Ampex Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A switching motor control system that is particularly well suited for the reel motor of a tape transport system includes an energization command system commanding motor energization in response to tape buffer loop length, a feedback system indicating buffer loop length and actual motor current and a feedforward system energizing the motor to reduce the difference between commanded motor energization and actual energization as indicated by motor current. An integrator which sums the command and feedback signals with an AC reference signal outputs a triangle wave signal that is readily converted to a digital command signal by a simple transistor detector. An economical digital control circuit delays and selectively inhibits the digital command signal to control a motor drive amplifier in a switching mode which avoids power dissipation in the motor drive amplifier.