Brushless DC motor drive apparatus
US5780983A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02P6/182
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A brushless DC motor drive apparatus according to the invention comprises a stator and a rotor, the stator including multi-phase armature windings which are connected in a star formation and generate a plurality of terminal voltages at respective terminals of the armature windings, and the rotor including a plurality of permanent magnets which form pairs of magnetic poles. The motor drive apparatus also includes an inverter coupled to the rotor for adjusting the speed of the rotor, a rotor position detection means for detecting the terminal voltages generated in the armature windings and for generating a position signal indicative of a magnetic pole position of the rotor. The rotor position detection means includes a line voltage generation means for generating line voltages corresponding to the terminal voltages of the armature windings and comparison means for comparing signals derived from the line voltages in predetermined combinations and outputting comparison signals as the positional signal. The motor drive apparatus also includes a drive control means for controlling and driving the inverter according to the position signal generated by the rotor position detection means, t…
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