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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Electric Co., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318696 ; 318685 ;
Abstract
A stepping motor driving circuit includes a plurality of switching transistors having their emitter-collector paths connected to the corresponding ends of motor coils, a plurality of diodes having their anodes connected to the above-mentioned ends of the motor coils and their cathodes connected to a common terminal, and a braking circuit connected between the cathode of the diodes and the other end of the motor coils, in which the switching transistors are sequentially turned ON to permit excitation currents to pass through the corresponding motor coils. The braking circuit has a variable effective impedance.