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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To expand a drivable load region at a high-speed operation of a brushless DC motor while improving efficiency by suppressing a current in case of high-speed/high-load driving. SOLUTION: When the brushless DC motor is driven at a high-speed, a second waveform generator detects a load state from a phase difference between a waveform generated by itself by a load detector 18 and an induced voltage of the brushless DC motor, and controls an electrical conduction at a proper conductive angle corresponding to the load state determined by a conductive-angle controller. The second waveform generator further generates the waveform of a fixed duty at a frequency set by a frequency setter 8, and imparts a voltage waveform driving the brushless DC motor to an inverter 3. Consequently, the current advancing angle of the brushless DC motor can be held properly and the driving region of the brushless DC motor can be expanded while improving the efficiency. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small size and light weight motor driver at a low cost.SOLUTION: The motor driver includes: a rectification circuit that rectifies an AC current to a DC current; a smoothing section that smoothens an output voltage from the rectification circuit; an inverter that inverts a DC output from the smoothing section into a three phase AC current; a brushless DC motor driven by the inverter; a position detection section that detects a rotational position of the brushless DC motor; a speed estimation section that estimates the driving speed of the brushless DC motor based on a signal from the position detection section; and a waveform generation section that generates a waveform of desired voltage and frequency by means of pulse width modulation based on the driving speed of the brushless DC motor estimated by the speed estimation section and the output voltage from the inverter. When the PWM duty is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value, the carrier frequency is changed while ensuring PWM ON-time to a predetermined width. Accordingly, a minimum PWM ON-width can be ensured even in a state that the PWM duty is small. Thus, precise position detection of the brushless DC motor can be constantly obtained.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly drive a brushless DC motor by avoiding influence of a suddenly increased bus voltage in switching phases of electrification.SOLUTION: When a drive part 12 switches phases of electrification, by making a switching element ON for an arm opposite to an arm in a phase where electrification is complete, there always exists a path for a current having been flowing in the phase where electrification is complete to return to a brushless DC motor 4, and thus energy does not return to small capacity smoothing capacitors 2e. Thereby, sudden increase in bus voltage is suppressed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extend a drive range by obtaining stable driving performance, even when a brushless DC motor is driven at a high speed/high load.SOLUTION: Lead angle correction means 10 sets a terminal voltage lead angel value so as to maintain the current value constant detected by current detecting means A9. A second waveform generator 11 outputs a motor drive signal while keeping a duty constant with the set lead angle and a command frequency set based on the system status. Consequently, stable driving is enabled without position detection. In addition, stable driving is also enabled even when a brushless DC motor 4 is driven at a high speed or high load which is difficult to detect the position of the brushless DC motor 4, and a current detecting means B23 also protects against an overload current.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To expand a drive range by obtaining stable drive performance, even in driving a brushless DC motor at high speed and at a high load.SOLUTION: A motor drive 23 drives the brushless DC motor comprising a rotor 4a and a stator 4b including three-phase winding. The motor drive includes a first waveform generating unit 6 for outputting a first waveform signal, namely a waveform having an energization angle of not less than 120 degrees and not more than 150 degrees; a second waveform generating unit 10 for outputting a second waveform signal, namely a waveform having an energization angle of not less than 120 degrees and less than 180 degrees; and an operation change unit 11 for performing change so that the first waveform signal is outputted, when it is determined that speed of the rotor is lower than a prescribed speed and the second waveform signal is outputted when it is determined that the speed of the rotor is higher than the prescribed speed. Supply timing of power supplied to the three-phase winding by an inverter 3 is instructed, based on the first or second waveform signal outputted from the operation change unit.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reliable motor drive suppressing an unstable state due to an external factor by obtaining stable drive performance even if driving a brushless DC motor at a high speed and with a high load. SOLUTION: An advance correction means 10 sets a terminal voltage advance value to maintain a current value detected by a current detection means 9 to be constant. A second waveform generation part 11 outputs a motor drive signal while keeping duty constant by the set advance value and a command frequency set according to a system state, thus achieving stable drive without any position detection, and hence achieving stable drive even in high-speed drive and high-load drive where the position detection of the brushless DC motor 4 is difficult. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve stability of a brushless DC motor under a high load and at high speed driving, and increase the drive range. SOLUTION: A motor drive device includes an inverter 3, a brushless DC motor 4, a position detecting means 5 for detecting the rotor relative position of the brushless DC motor, a first commutation means 6 for creating a waveform to drive the inverter from a signal from the position detecting means, a current phase detecting means 9 for detecting the current phase of the brushless DC motor, a second commutation means 10 for switching the conduction phase of the brushless DC motor from the detected current phase, a load deciding means 11 for deciding the load state of the brushless DC motor, and a switching means 15 for switching the waveform output from the inverter depending on the load state for either the first commutation means 6 or the second commutation means 10. When the brushless DC motor can not be driven at a target drive speed with the drive of the first commutation means 6 under a high load, the switching means 15 switches the first commutation means to the second commutation means. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reliable drive device of brushless DC motors that improves stability in high-load and high-speed drive of brushless DC motors, expands a driving region, suppresses any unstable state due to external factors, and is stably driven even if loads become excessive.SOLUTION: The drive device corrects an output so that a state of current and voltage, where a current voltage state acquisition means 16 acquires an output of a second waveform generation unit 15 output at a prescribed frequency under a high load, coincides with an aimed state of current and voltage. Further, the device performs high-speed drive by an output of a waveform correction section 18 for correcting an output by voltage detected by a voltage detection means 17, thus holding an appropriate phase relationship according to drive speed and load states, input voltage states, or the like, thereby achieving stable drive even at disturbance, or the like.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a loss and simplify a control unit, in a DC power supply device in which a reduction in harmonic currents and an improvement in power factor are improved. SOLUTION: The DC power supply device includes: a voltage doubler rectifier circuit 23 consisting of four diodes 4a to 4d and two capacitors 6a and 6b; a reactor 2 which is connected in series to the input side of the voltage doubler rectifier circuit 23; a smoothing capacitor 6c; a DC voltage detector 9; a carrier oscillator 11; a target voltage setter 10; a bidirectional switch 24, which is constituted by connecting switching elements 5a and 5b directly in the reverse direction and connecting reversely-conducting diodes 4e and 4f in parallel to each of the switching elements 5a and 5b; and a switch control driver. The bidirectional switch 24 is connected between the AC input ends of the voltage doubler rectifier circuit 23, thus a low-loss high-power converter is constituted in a simple configuration, without needing a transformer and a reverser as detectors for a main circuit, a multiplier for a control circuit, etc. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for driving a brushless DC motor, by which stability in driving with high load and high speed of the brushless DC motor is enhanced, a driving range is expanded, and an unstable state caused by an external factor is suppressed. SOLUTION: In the device for driving the brushless DC motor including a brushless DC motor 4 composed of a rotor having a permanent magnet and a stator having a three-phase winding, and an inverter 3 for supplying electric power to the three-phase winding, a rectangular wave having a conduction angle of 120 degrees or more and 150 degrees or less, or an equivalent waveform is output at low speed, then a rectangular wave and sine wave each having the conduction angle of 120 degrees or more and less than 180 degrees, or an equivalent waveform is output at high speed, in a predetermined frequency with a prescribed phase relation to a phase current of the brushless DC motor 4, and an induced voltage, the phase current and a terminal voltage phase of the brushless DC motor 4 are stabilized with an appropriate phase relation according to load and speed, thereby enhancing driving stability with high load and high speed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT