Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Step motor drive device and circuit
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Application No.: US16914498Application Date: 2020-06-29
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Publication No.: US11422511B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Yu Takyoh , Toshiaki Fukushima , Toshinari Maeda , Daisuke Iri , Daisuke Matsuoh , Masatoshi Nishida
- Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: HEA Law PLLC
- Priority: JP2016-025978 20160215
- Main IPC: H02P8/02
- IPC: H02P8/02 ; G04C3/14 ; G04C13/11

Abstract:
An electronic watch with a two-coil stepper motor including: a magnetized rotor; a stator including: first and second stator magnetic-pole portions, which are formed so as to oppose to each other through the rotor; and a third stator magnetic-pole portion, which is formed between the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the second stator magnetic-pole portion so as to face the rotor; a coil A to be magnetically coupled to the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a coil B to be magnetically coupled to the second stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a high-speed drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a drive pulse for driving the rotor to the coil A or the coil B, and wherein the rotor is rotationally driven in increments of 360° due to a drive pulse train formed of the plurality of drive pulses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200333749A1 STEP MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE AND CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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