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US 8,174,219 · App. 12/490,496 · Granted May 8, 2012

Motor control unit and air conditioner having the same

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 8,174,219
App. No.
12/490,496
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor control unit or a semiconductor integrated circuit device for an air conditioner is provided. The motor control unit includes a current detector that detects a coil wound current of the permanent magnet motor; a coordinate transformer that transforms the coil wound current detected by the current detector into a d-axis current indicating a magnet flux component and a q-axis current indicating a torque component perpendicular to the magnet flux component; a position estimator that estimates a rotational position of the rotor based on an induced voltage of the permanent magnet motor; a current controller that calculates a command d-axis voltage based on a command d-axis current and the d-axis current detected by the current detector, and that calculates a command q-axis voltage based on a command q-axis current and the q-axis current detected by the current detector; an electrifier controller that electrifies the coil wound based on the command d-axis voltage and the command q-axis voltage; and a start-up controller that detects an oscillation of the rotor during a start-up operation and, if a velocity direction of the oscillation corresponds with a rotational direction of a forcible commutation, the start-up controller starts the forcible commutation so as to start an acceleration of the rotor by following an acceleration pattern.

Claims (24)

1. A motor control unit for controlling a permanent magnet motor having a rotor provided with a permanent magnet, comprising:

a current detector that detects a coil wound current of the permanent magnet motor;

a coordinate transformer that transforms the coil wound current detected by the current detector into a d-axis current indicating a magnet flux component and a q-axis current indicating a torque component perpendicular to the magnet flux component;

a position estimator that estimates a rotational position of the rotor based on an induced voltage of the permanent magnet motor;

a current controller that calculates a command d-axis voltage based on a command d-axis current and the d-axis current detected by the current detector, and that calculates a command q-axis voltage based on a command q-axis current and the q-axis current detected by the current detector;

an electrifier controller that electrifies the coil wound based on the command d-axis voltage and the command q-axis voltage; and

a start-up controller that detects an oscillation of the rotor during a start-up operation and, if a velocity direction of the oscillation corresponds with a rotational direction of a forcible commutation, the start-up controller starts the forcible commutation so as to start an acceleration of the rotor by following an acceleration pattern.

2. The motor control unit of claim 1 , wherein the start-up controller positions the rotor by maintaining the command q-axis voltage at zero and the command d-axis voltage at a constant value, and detects the oscillation of the rotor based on a change of the d-axis current or the q-axis current.

3. The motor control unit of claim 2 , wherein the start-up controller has a filter to eliminate a direct current component of the d-axis current or the q-axis current, and to detect the oscillation of the rotor based on a filtered d-axis current or a filtered q-axis current outputted from the filter.

4. The motor control unit of claim 3 , wherein the start-up controller judges the velocity direction of the oscillation of the rotor based on a ratio of a change of the d-axis current or the q-axis current.

5. The motor control unit of claim 3 , wherein the start-up controller starts the forcible commutation when the d-axis current or the q-axis current changes from a negative value to a positive value or from a positive value to a negative value.

6. The motor control unit of claim 1 , wherein the start-up controller positions the rotor by specifying the command q-axis voltage at zero and the command d-axis voltage at the constant value, and detects the oscillation of the rotor by an acceleration sensor.

7. The motor control unit of claim 1 is a semiconductor integrated circuit device.

8. An air conditioner, comprising:

a exterior heat exchanger that exchanges heat of an exterior air;

a permanent magnet fan motor having a rotor;

a fan linked to the fan motor, the fan for providing a wind flow to the exterior heat exchanger; and

a motor control unit connected to the fan motor so as to drive the fan motor, the motor control unit comprising:

a current detector that detects a coil wound current of the permanent magnet motor;

a coordinate transformer that transforms the coil wound current detected by the current detector into a d-axis current indicating a magnet flux component and a q-axis current indicating a torque component perpendicular to the magnet flux component;

a position estimator that estimates a rotational position of the rotor based on an induced voltage of the permanent magnet motor;

a current controller that calculates a command d-axis voltage based on a command d-axis current and the d-axis current detected by the current detector, and that calculates a command q-axis voltage based on a command q-axis current and the q-axis current detected by the current detector;

an electrifier controller that electrifies the coil wound based on the command d-axis voltage and the command q-axis voltage; and

a start-up controller that detects an oscillation of the rotor during a start-up operation and, if a velocity direction of the oscillation corresponds with a rotational direction of a forcible commutation, the start-up controller starts the forcible commutation so as to start an acceleration of the rotor by following an acceleration pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2009
From: OOMURA, NAOKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 022871/0570 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2008-164427 · Jun 24, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090315492A1 · Dec 24, 2009