Servo motor with a built-in drive circuit

Abstract

Disclosed is a servo motor with a built-in drive circuit according to the present invention in which, when power is off, positional data including multiple-rotation counting values is stored in a nonvolatile memory to thereby eliminate battery back-up, and in which the CPU of a drive control circuit portion is in charge of the multiple-rotation counting itself to thereby eliminate the circuit for multiple-rotation counting. Due to a reduction in the number of lines involved and an elimination of battery back-up, a reduction in size is achieved. A servo motor with a built-in drive circuit according to the present invention includes an absolute encoder (30) for detecting rotation of a servo motor portion (100) and an electromagnetic mechanical brake (20), in which, when the power is off, the positional data (30A) at that time is stored in a nonvolatile memory.

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