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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Allegro Microsystems, Inc., Worcester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Chee-Kiong Ng, Acton, MA (US);
Christopher Alger, Holden, MA (US);
Timothy Reynolds, Westborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Allegro Microsystems, LLC, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 3/00 (2006.01); H02P 7/00 (2006.01); H02P 29/00 (2006.01); H02P 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 7/00 (2013.01); H02P 23/0077 (2013.01); H02P 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor driver includes at least two terminals suitable for being coupled to a motor controller and to receive a motor command signal and transmit a motor status signal when the motor driver is controlling a motor. A serial data communication circuit may be configured to send and receive serial data over the at least two terminals when the at least two terminals are idle.