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Inverter driving circuit for brushless d.c. motor

US5880950A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 29, 1997
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S323/902
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides an inverter driving circuit for brushless d.c. motor adapted to pass PWM signal to switching elements of the inverter, enabling reduction of the manufacturing cost, the circuit including a general-purpose photo-coupler for producing the PWM by virtue of an internal photo-coupling thereof, a reference voltage generating unit for producing the reference voltage signal, and a comparator which compares a signal from the general-purpose photo-coupler with the reference voltage from the reference voltage generating unit, and passes the resultant as a switching element driving signal to appropriate switching element.

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