IP Library Granted Patent US 10,063,167
Granted Patent B2
US 10,063,167 · App. 15/070,565 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Motor drive controller and method for controlling motor

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,063,167
App. No.
15/070,565
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor drive controller includes: an advance-angle reference voltage generator that generates an advance-angle reference voltage; a back electromotive voltage comparator that generates phase signals of phases at a cross timing of the advance-angle reference voltage and back electromotive voltages of phases of a motor; and a controller that operates to perform a process including: detecting a rotation speed of the motor based on the phase signals of the phases; increasing the advance-angle reference voltage when the rotation speed moves from a high speed to a low speed; and decreasing the advance-angle reference voltage when the rotation speed moves from a low speed to a high speed.

Claims (30)

1. A motor drive controller comprising:

an advance-angle reference voltage generator that generates an advance-angle reference voltage;

a back electromotive voltage comparator that generates phase signals of phases at a cross timing of the advance-angle reference voltage and back electromotive voltages of phases of a motor; and

a controller that operates to perform a process including:

detecting a rotation speed of the motor based on the phase signals of the phases;

increasing the advance-angle reference voltage when the rotation speed moves from a high speed to a low speed; and

decreasing the advance-angle reference voltage when the rotation speed moves from a low speed to a high speed.

2. The motor drive controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller operates to perform the process further including:

detecting a rotation speed of the motor; and

generating drive control signals of the phases of the motor based on the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed determining unit, the phase signals, and a rotation speed command signal received from an external device.

3. The motor drive controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the advance-angle reference voltage generator decreases or increases the advance-angle reference voltage in stepwise depending on rotation speed areas which are set stepwise depending on the magnitude of the rotation speed when the rotation speed of the motor moves from a low speed to a high speed or from a high speed to a low speed.

4. The motor drive controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the advance-angle reference voltage generator generates the advance-angle reference voltage by dividing a source voltage.

5. A motor drive controller comprising:

an advance-angle reference voltage generator that generates an advance-angle reference voltage;

a back electromotive voltage comparator that generates phase signals of phases at a cross timing of the advance-angle reference voltage and back electromotive voltages of phases of a motor; and

a controller that operates to perform a process including:

detecting a rotation speed of the motor based on the phase signals of the phases;

decreasing the advance-angle reference voltage when the rotation speed moves from a high speed to a low speed; and

increasing the advance-angle reference voltage when the rotation speed moves from a low speed to a high speed.

6. The motor drive controller according to claim 5 ,

wherein the controller operates to perform the process further including:

detecting a rotation speed of the motor; and

generating drive control signals of the phases of the motor based on the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed determining unit, the phase signals, and a rotation speed command signal received from an external device.

7. The motor drive controller according to claim 5 ,

wherein the advance-angle reference voltage generator decreases or increases the advance-angle reference voltage in stepwise depending on rotation speed areas which are set stepwise depending on the magnitude of the rotation speed when the rotation speed of the motor moves from a low speed to a high speed or from a high speed to a low speed.

8. The motor drive controller according to claim 5 ,

wherein the advance-angle reference voltage generator generates the advance-angle reference voltage by dividing a source voltage.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2016
From: KAIDU, HIROYUKI; TAMITSUJI, TOSHIHIRO
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 037987/0504 →