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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1988
Ryoichi Kurosawa, Kokubunji, JP;
Kouzou Kawata, Hino, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
To the primary winding of a synchronous electric machine, a polyphase a.c. excitation signal from an excitation circuit is applied. Thus, an induced voltage signal, the phase of which varies by an angle proportional to a rotational position of a rotary body, is produced on the secondary winding of the synchro. A phase difference produced between the a.c. excitation signal and the induced voltage signal is detected by a phase difference detecting circuit. This phase difference detecting circuit detects not only a phase difference itself, but also detects the time at which the phase difference has been detected. On the basis of the phase difference and the time thus detected, a predictive computation circuit predicts a rotational position of the rotary body at an arbitrary time. In addition, a rate multiplier circuit for setting a value corresponding to a change in a predicted rotational position and an up/down counter circuit for counting the output thereof are further added, thereby making it possible to provide the output of the up/down counter circuit as a rotational position.