Impedance load driving circuit

• US 4,922,160 A
• Filed: 02/17/1989
• Issued: 05/01/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: Ogawa, Yoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Salce, Patrick R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): JONES, JUDSON
• Application Number:
  US07/312,852
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• Field of Search: 318/135, 318/678, 318/687, 361/152, 361/154, 361/187
• US Class Current: 318/135
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 7/18 Circuit arrangements for obtaining desired operating characteristics, e.g. for slow operation, for sequential energisation of windings, for high-speed energisation of windings

Abstract

A load driving circuit for supplying a load current proportional to an input signal to drive an impedance load. The load driving circuit includes a current detecting circuit for generating a load current signal representing a magnitude of a load current flowing through the impedance load, a voltage supply for producing a voltage signal corresponding to a difference between the load current signal and the input signal and for supplying the voltage signal to a first end of the impedance load, and an inverting voltage supply for inverting the voltage signal and for supplying an inverted the voltage signal to an opposite end of the impedance.

Claims

1. A load driving circuit for supplying a load current proportional to an input signal in order to drive an impedance load, said load driving circuit comprising:

current detecting means for generating a load current signal representing a magnitude of a load current flowing through said impedance load;

voltage supply means for producing a voltage signal corresponding to a difference between said load current signal and said input signal, and for supplying said voltage signal to a first end of said impedance load; and

inverting voltage supply means for inverting said voltage signal, and for supplying an inverted said voltage signal to an opposite end of said impedance load.

2. A load driving circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said voltage supply means is first op amp means, and wherein said inverting voltage supply means is second op amp means.

3. A load driving circuit as claimed in claim 2:

wherein said first op amp means comprises a first op amp having a first input for receiving said input signal, a second input connected to receive said load current signal, and an output connected to said first end of said impedance load; and

wherein said second op amp means comprises second op amp having an input connected to receive said voltage signal, and an output connected to said opposite end of impedance load.

4. A load driving circuit as claimed in claim 3 wherein said impedance load comprises load resistor means.

5. A load driving circuit as claimed in claim 4 wherein said current detecting means comprises differential amplifier means and inverting circuit means.

6. A load driving circuit as claimed in claim 5:

wherein said differential amplifier means has first and second inputs connected to opposite ends of said load resistor means, and said differential amplifier means outputs a differential signal; and

wherein said inverting circuit means has an input connected to receive said differential signal, and an output connected to supply said load current signal to said second input of said first op amp means.

7. A load driving circuit as claimed in claim 6 wherein said load driving circuit is for driving an impedance load of an actuator of a pick-up positioning slider in an optical information recording/playing apparatus.

8. A load driving circuit as claimed in claim 7 wherein said load resistor means is a resistor.

9. A load driving circuit as claimed in claim 7 wherein said load resistor means is a transformer means utilizing a ferrite core.