Motor driving circuit and motor component

• US 10,205,412 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2016
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Johnson Electric International AG (Johnson Electric Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Electric International AG (Johnson Electric Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Sun, Chi Ping, Yeung, Shing Hin, Xin, Fei, Yang, Xiu Wen, Huang, Shu Juan, Jiang, Yun Long, Li, Yue, Liu, Bao Ting, Wang, En Hui, Liu, Li Sheng, Cui, Yan Yun
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Kawing
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cook, Cortez
• Application Number:
  US15/231,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20160344323A1
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 31840021, 31840027, 310156
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/2706 Inner rotors
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/215 Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 21/00 Synchronous motors having permanent magnets; Synchronous generators having permanent magnets
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 2207/05 Synchronous machines, e.g. with permanent magnets or DC excitation
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/16 Circuit arrangements for detecting position
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/20 Arrangements for starting H02P6/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/30 Arrangements for controlling the direction of rotation H02P6/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 7/05 by means of electronic switching
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 7/295 of the kind having a thyristor or the like in series with the power supply and the motor

Abstract

A motor driving circuit and a motor component are provided. The motor driving circuit includes a bidirectional alternating current switch connected in series with a motor across two terminals of an external alternating current power supply, where the bidirectional alternating current switch is connected between a first node and a second node; a rectifying circuit; a magnetic sensor, configured to detect a magnetic field of a rotor and output a corresponding magnetic inductive signal; a first voltage drop circuit and a second voltage drop circuit connected in series between the first input terminal of the rectifying circuit and the first node, where there is a third node between the first voltage drop circuit and the second voltage drop circuit, and the first voltage drop circuit is connected between the first node and the third node; a switch circuit connected between the third node and a control terminal of the bidirectional alternating current switch, where the switch circuit includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a control terminal and a switch arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal; and a switch control circuit connected between the control terminal of the switch circuit and an output terminal of the magnetic sensor.

Claims

1. A motor driving circuit comprising:

a current switch connected in series with a motor across two terminals of a power supply, wherein the current switch is connected between a first node and a second node;

a rectifying circuit having a first input terminal and a second input terminal;

a first voltage drop circuit and a second voltage drop circuit connected in series between the first input terminal of the rectifying circuit and the first node, the rectifying circuit rectifying a current supplied from the power supply through the first voltage drop circuit and the second voltage drop circuit, wherein there is a third node between the first voltage drop circuit and the second voltage drop circuit, and the first voltage drop circuit is connected between the first node and the third node; and

a switch circuit connected between the third node and a control terminal of the current switch, wherein the switch circuit comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, a control terminal and a switch arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal.

2. The motor driving circuit according to claim 1, further comprising:

a magnetic sensor, configured to detect a magnetic field of a rotor of the motor and output a corresponding magnetic inductive signal; and

a switch control circuit connected between the control terminal of the switch circuit and an output terminal of the magnetic sensor.

3. The motor driving circuit according to claim 2, wherein the power supply is an alternating current power supply, and the switch control circuit is configured to:

turn on a current path between the first terminal and the second terminal of the switch circuit and turn on the current switch, in a case that the alternating current power supply is in a positive half-cycle and the magnetic field of the rotor is in a predetermined first polarity or in a case that the alternating current power supply is in a negative half-cycle and the magnetic field of the rotor is in a second polarity opposite to the first polarity; and

turn off the current path between the first terminal and the second terminal of the switch circuit and turn off the current switch, in a case that the alternating current power supply is in a negative half-cycle and the rotor is in the first polarity or in a case that the alternating current power supply is in a positive half-cycle and the rotor is in the second polarity.

4. The motor driving circuit according to claim 3, wherein the switch circuit is provided with a first current path and a second current path which are turned on selectively, the first current path and the second current path are arranged between the first terminal of the switch circuit and the second terminal of the switch circuit, the first current path is turned on in a case that the alternating current power supply is in a positive half-cycle and the magnetic field of the rotor is in the first polarity, and the second current path is turned on in a case that the alternating current power supply is in a negative half-cycle and the magnetic field of the rotor has the second polarity opposite to the first polarity.

5. The motor driving circuit according to claim 4, wherein the first current path is provided with a first switch to turn on or turn off the first current path, the second current path is provided with a second switch to turn on or turn off the second current path, and a control terminal of the first switch is connected to a control terminal of the second switch to form the control terminal of the switch circuit.

6. The motor driving circuit according to claim 5, wherein the first switch and the second switch are a pair of complementary semiconductor switches.

7. The motor driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the power supply is an alternating current power supply, the motor driving circuit is configured as the following:

in a case that the alternating current power supply operates in a positive half-cycle and a polarity of the magnetic field of the rotor is a pre-determined first polarity, or in a case that the alternating current power supply operates in a negative half-cycle and the polarity of the magnetic field of the rotor is a second polarity opposite to the first polarity, a current flows through the control terminal of the switch circuit after passing the first voltage drop circuit and the second voltage drop circuit, to turn on a current path between the first terminal of the switch circuit and the second terminal of the switch circuit, and then flows through the control terminal of the current switch after passing the first voltage drop circuit and the current path.

8. The motor driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein an equivalent resistance of the first voltage drop circuit is lower than an equivalent resistance of the second voltage drop circuit.

9. The motor driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein a current flowing through the first voltage drop circuit in a case that a current path between the first terminal and the second terminal of the switch circuit is turned on is higher than a current flowing through the first voltage drop circuit in a case that the current switch is turned off.

10. The motor driving circuit according to claim 2, wherein the switch control circuit is configured to turn on or turn off, based on the magnetic inductive signal and a polarity of the power supply, a current path between the first terminal of the switch circuit and the second terminal of the switch circuit.

11. The motor driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the motor is connected in series with the power supply between the first node and the second node.

12. The motor driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the motor is connected in series with the current switch between the first node and the second node.

13. A motor component comprising a motor and a motor driving circuit according to claim 1.

14. The motor component according to claim 13, wherein the motor comprises a stator and a rotor, and the stator comprises a stator core and a single-phase winding wound on the stator core.