IP Library Granted Patent US 7,400,109
Granted Patent B2
US 7,400,109 · App. 10/558,508 · Granted Jul 15, 2008

Inverter circuit and compressor

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Patent No.
US 7,400,109
App. No.
10/558,508
Granted
Jul 15, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inverter circuit includes a temperature measuring section for measuring a temperature of switching elements forming a powering section, a motor speed detector for detecting a speed of a motor, a carrier frequency determiner for determining a carrier frequency based on a temperature of the switching elements and a speed of the motor, and an output waveform determining circuit for determining a duty in response to a load applied to the motor and for switching a carrier frequency.

Claims (21)

1. An inverter circuit comprising:

a temperature measuring section for measuring a temperature of switching elements forming a powering section;

a motor speed detector for detecting a speed of a motor;

an output waveform determining circuit for determining a duty in response to a load applied to the motor and for switching a carrier frequency;

a carrier frequency determiner for outputting the carrier frequency, which is determined based on various control parameters, to the output waveform determining circuit;

wherein the carrier frequency determiner outputs a carrier frequency, which is determined based on a temperature measured at the switching elements by the temperature measuring section and a duty of the switching elements, to the output waveform determining circuit; and

wherein the carrier frequency is raised according to the decrement of the duty.

2. The inverter circuit of claim 1 , wherein the carrier frequency determiner outputs a carrier frequency, which is determined based on a temperature measured at the switching elements by the temperature measuring section and a duty of the switching elements, to the output waveform determining circuit.

3. The inverter circuit of claim 1 , wherein the carrier frequency determiner outputs a carrier frequency, which is determined based on a temperature measured at the switching elements by the temperature measuring section, a speed of the motor detected by the motor speed detector, and a duty of the switching elements, to the output waveform determining circuit.

4. A compressor including the inverter circuit as defined in claim 1 .

5. A compressor including the inverter circuit as defined in claim 1 .

6. A compressor including the inverter circuit as defined in claim 2 .

7. A compressor including the inverter circuit as defined in claim 3 .

8. An inverter circuit comprising:

a temperature measuring section for measuring a temperature of switching elements forming a powering section;

a motor speed detector for detecting a speed of a motor;

an output waveform determining circuit for determining a duty in response to a load applied to the motor and for switching a carrier frequency;

a carrier frequency determiner for outputting the carrier frequency, which is determined based on various control parameters, to the output waveform determining circuit;

wherein the carrier frequency determiner outputs a carrier frequency, which is determined based on a temperature measured at the switching elements by the temperature measuring section, a speed of the motor detected by the motor speed detector, and a duty of the switching elements, to the output waveform determining circuit; and

wherein the carrier frequency is raised according to the decrement of the duty.

9. A compressor including the inverter circuit as defined in claim 8 .

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPORE
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067784/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2018
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPORE
Reel/Frame 044722/0461 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2016
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040634/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2006
From: NOMURA, SHINICHIRO; OGAHARA, HIDEHARU; ENDO, KATSUMI; TOKUNAGA, SHIGETOMI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017911/0333 →