IP Library Granted Patent US 7,315,147
Granted Patent B2
US 7,315,147 · App. 11/070,406 · Granted Jan 1, 2008

Motor and motor drive system

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Patent No.
US 7,315,147
App. No.
11/070,406
Granted
Jan 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a motor having a combination of a plurality of coil pairs and a permanent magnet, wherein these coil pairs are supplied with an excitation signal from a drive circuit so as to be excited at alternate opposite poles, and the permanent magnet is constituted such that the plurality of polar elements is disposed to become alternating opposite poles; the drive circuit is constituted to supply an excitation signal having a prescribed frequency to the coil pairs, and relatively move the coil pairs and permanent magnet with the magnetic attraction repulsion between the coils and permanent magnet; and the drive circuit is constituted to supply to the coil pairs a waveform signal corresponding to the pattern of the back electromotive voltage to be generated in accordance with the relative movement between the coil pairs and permanent magnet.

Claims (10)

1. A drive system of an AC motor having a plurality of coil pairs and a permanent magnet, one of said coil pairs being positioned to have phase difference from the other and said permanent magnet being constituted such that a plurality of polar elements are disposed to become alternating opposite poles, said drive system comprising:

a first phase sensor constituted to detect a magnetic field generated by one of said coil pairs to produce a sinusoidal voltage waveform that is identical to a back electromotive force waveform of said one of said coil pairs;

a second phase sensor constituted to detect a magnetic field generated by the other of said coil pairs to produce a sinusoidal voltage waveform that is identical to a back electromotive force waveform of the other of said coil pairs;

rotation detection means constituted to detect a direction of rotation of said AC motor;

a rotation control circuit constituted to reverse a polarity of either of the sinusoidal voltage waveforms detected by said first and second phase sensors depending on the direction of rotation of said AC motor; and

an amplifier constituted to provide each of said coil pairs with electric current of the voltage waveform reversed by said rotation control circuit according to the direction of rotation of said AC motor,

wherein said rotation control circuit respectively provides rectangular waveforms respectively converted from the sinusoidal voltage waveforms generated by said first and second phase sensors until a rotation speed of said AC motor exceeds a prescribed value,

wherein said rotation control circuit respectively provides each of the sinusoidal voltage waveforms generated by said first and second phase sensors when the rotation speed of said AC motor exceeds the prescribed value.

2. The drive system according to claim 1 , wherein said coil pairs are formed with hall element sensors.

3. The drive system according to claim 2 , further comprising a PWM control means converting each of the sinusoidal voltage waveforms into the rectangular waveforms.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2016
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Reel/Frame 040030/0262 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2005
From: TAKEUCHI, KESATOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016341/0006 →