Fuser Motor Control Circuit - Toshiba e-STUDIO520 Service Manual

14.5 Fuser Motor Control Circuit

The fuser motor, which is a DC motor driven by control signals from the ASIC on the LGC board, drives
the fuser roller.
A driving PC board is embedded in this motor to perform the following controls.
LGC board
IC58
Main CPU
HTRCK-1
+5.1VC
Pressure roller thermistor
+
temperature detection signal
-
+5.1VC
SG
IC56
IC77
Comparator
ASIC
SG
HTRML-0
Q39
SG Buffer
HTRMT-0
1) ASIC outputs the control signals for the fuser motor rotation.
(HTRMT signal: Motor rotation command)
2) The excitation phase switching section excites each phase of the fuser motor.
o The fuser motor is rotated.
3) Hall elements A, B and C detect the rotation position of the motor (rotor).
4) The excitation phase switching section switches the excitation of each phase.
(The motor keeps rotating by repeating from 2) to 4).)
5) An FG (Frequency Generator) pulse is generated by the rotation of the motor.
6) The FG pulse and the reference frequency from the ASIC are compared in terms of the phase and
speed, and the difference is added to the excitation phase switching section. Fluctuations in the
power supply voltage are also added to the value. (Signal generation)
7) According to the result of step 6), the switching timing of the excitation phase switching section is
changed, namely, the FG pulse and the reference clock are controlled to be equal.
o The fuser motor is rotated at a constant speed. (= Lock range)
8) When the HTRMT signal moves to a high level, the fuser motor is stopped.
9) When the pressure roller temperature is lowered to less than the reference value during the ready
status, the HTRML signal output from the ASIC moves to a low level. Thus the motor is rotated at a
low speed.
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Fuser motor
+36VA
+5.1VC
Wave
correction
IC39
Buffer
Counter
IC31
Buffer
IC62
Fig.14-9
14 - 15
[PC board section]
+5.1VC +36VA
Difference
Phase
comparator
Voltage
detection
circuit
Excitation
Speed
comparator phase
switching
section
Difference
Rotation
Rotor
control
position
detection
e-STUDIO520/600/720/850 FUSER UNIT
[Motor section]
FG pulse
Phase V
Phase W Phase U
Hall element A
Hall element C
Hall element B
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