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Motor driving apparatus

US6242875A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 1999
Grant dateJun 5, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P2209/07
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object is to realize acoustic noise reduction under a wide range of rotating speeds and together with PWM control. A signal (VCTL1) is generated as a trapezoidal wave repeatedly rising and falling in each given electrical angle section extending before and after the current-supply pattern is switched in accordance with the electrical angle of a rotor of a motor, and a signal (VCTL2) is generated in the opposite phase. A control circuit (22) appropriately selects among the signals (VCTL1 and VCTL2) and a given signal (SCTL) and inputs them to comparators (59 to 61). The comparators (59 to 61) compare the input signals with a carrier signal (B6) provided as a triangular wave. Switch elements for controlling the current-supply pattern to the motor turn on/off on the basis of output signals (C1 to C6) from the comparators (59 to 61). As a result, the current-supply pattern is switched softly by PWM control in the electrical angle section mentioned above.

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