Specimen processing and analyzing systems with variable zener-diode flyback stepper motor control
CA 2099283 A1 · Owner: Baxter Diagnostics Inc. · Inventors: Daniel, Carl P.; Garand, Steven A.
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An improved control system for a stepper motor coil (190) includes a flyback circuit (192) that dissipates coil energy slowly while the coil is energized and operated in the chopping mode while , dissipating coil energy rapidly when the coil is switched to its de-energized phase.
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- Filed October 27, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 27, 2012.
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