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Senior management recently expressed concern
over lower consumer expectations and substandard operational
efficiency of inferior stepping motors. Stepping motors
are extensively adopted in electronic consumer products such as DVDs,
digital cameras and cellular phones owing to their high-resolution
position capability and miniaturized size. However, a
controller with external driving devices increases not only the
complexity of PCB layout, but also overhead costs. Additionally, the
conventionally adopted driving method incurs an intolerable amount of
vibration and generates much noise while operating under the pulse-
shaped driving signal. (NOTE : Add 2 more sentences that describe
characteristics of the problem or statistics that reflect its severity)
For instance, a 480 g-cm torque, 0.15W, 4.5V stepping
motor under a no-load condition generates 50 dBA at 30 cm from motor
housing. Such vibration from a noisy stepping
motor falls below consumer expectations and decreases operational
efficiency, ultimately lowering the market competitiveness of new
generation products.
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Therefore, we recommend developing a control
method with micro-stepping capabilities to drive stepping motors
smoothly by effectively removing the vibration and noise
originating from a non-uniform force of motors.
To do so, mathematic models of stepping motor and driving
waveform can be analyzed. The level of quasi-sinusoidal
waveform can then be easily calculated for a pre-given level of
numbers. Next, a driving circuit with a quasi-sinusoidal output
current can be designed with a DAC and a current drive
circuit. As anticipated, the proposed micro-stepping
control method can locate precisely and decrease vibration and
noise originating from pulsed-waveform driving by 10%.
The proposed method can locate and minimize vibration and
noise during motor operation more than other commercially
available ones. (NOTE : Add 2-3 more sentences that describe
more thoroughly how the proposed method contributes to a
particular field or sector)
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At a recent meeting, members discussed ways in
which to enhance analog video decoder limit product applications.
Small-format TFT LCDs require an analog video decoder,
while large-format TFT LCDs require a digital one. An analog video
decoder can convert composite video signals to RGB color signals for
delivery to panel data lines. Whereas small-format TFT
LCDs have two specific systems, NTSC and PAL, conventional analog
video decoders can only decode NTSC and PAL, thus minimizing
system flexibility. (NOTE : Add 3-4 more sentences that describe
characteristics of the problem or statistics that reflect its severity).
An analog video decoder must be developed that can
automatically sense and switch between NTSC and PAL systems. An
analog video decoder reduces the number of peripheral components by
around 20% owing to its ability to convert NTSC and PAL signals in
order to drive TFT LCDs simultaneously. The analog video decoder
eliminates the need to create different designs for various video
systems, e.g., NTSC and PAL. The user can also switch between
different systems without manually doing so.
Consequently, inadequate functions of an analog video decoder
limit product applications.
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Therefore, we recommend developing an
analog video decoder that can automatically sense and
switch between NTSC and PAL systems.
To do so, a circuit for a video composite video signal
decoder can be developed, which contains a VCOM
amplifier. Sensing and switching functions can then be
incorporated for differentiating between specific systems,
NTSC and PAL. Next, a PLL circuit can be added since
the demand frequency of PAL is 4.43 MHz. Additionally,
various system circuits, e.g., trap filters, can select various
frequencies for the signal process. Moreover, output
stages can be equipped with sufficient driving capability to
deliver RGB signals to panel data lines.
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As anticipated, the proposed analog video
decoder can be used to satisfy video functions requested
and attain a high performance. Capable of
reducing the cost of system peripheral components, owing
to its integration of NTSC and PAL systems, the analog
video decoder is the first chip in video application in Taiwan
owing to its ability to decode both NTSC and PAL color
signals. Moreover, the proposed chip can enhance
flexibility in system applications and enhance user
convenience.
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