Motor controller
US6198240A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02P2201/09
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A motor controller is made up of a power supply circuit rectifying an AC power supply for outputting desired DC voltages while, at the same time, improving the power factor of the AC power supply, and a motor drive circuit for driving a motor. The controller has a rectifier circuit for converting AC power to a DC voltage and a smoothing circuit, a converter circuit constituted of a chopper circuit for controlling the DC voltage by utilizing a switching operation and the energy storing effect of an inductance, a motor drive device made up of an inverter circuit connected to the output of the converter circuit to control a motor, a converter control circuit for controlling the switching operation of the chopper circuit, an inverter control circuit for controlling the switching operation of the inverter circuit thereby driving the motor, a speed detector circuit for detecting a position of the rotor of the motor for calculating the speed of the motor, a speed control circuit receiving the calculated speed value and a speed command value for controlling the motor speed through the inverter circuit, and a DC voltage control circuit receiving the output signal of the speed control circui…
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