Patent ID: 9331628
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H02P

Claim Text:
1. A method for driving at least a first motor, comprising: storing an address value for a first slave integrated circuit at a first location associated with the slave integrated circuit, the address value associated with the slave integrated circuit including an address value for the first motor; serially receiving address data from a master integrated circuit at the address matching circuit; confirming that the address data from the master integrated circuit matches the address value for the first motor stored in the address matching circuit; allowing sequential transmission of motor drive data from a master integrated circuit in response to the address data from the master integrated circuit matching the address value for the first motor stored in the address matching circuit; transmitting a stop condition for terminating the motor drive data being forwarded to the slave integrated circuit in response to completion of communication for setting drive values for a first driver for the first motor; and using the motor drive data to control the motor.