Motor component, application device and sensor integrated circuit

• US 10,439,529 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2016
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• 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, Xin, Fei, Wong, Ken, Yeung, Shing Hin, Guo, Hui Min, Lou, Shu Zuo, Chen, Xiao Ming, Cai, Guang Jie, Wong, Chun Fai, Huang, Shu Juan, Jiang, Yun Long, Li, Yue, Liu, Bao Ting, Wang, En Hui, Yang, Xiu Wen, Liu, Li Sheng, Cui, Yan Yun
• Primary Examiner(s): Dhakal, Bickey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cook, Cortez M
• Application Number:
  US15/231,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20160359439A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,156 Days
• Field of Search: 31840021, 318280, 318800, 31840026
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 5/142 using Hall-effect devices measuring magnetic variables using Hall-effect or other galvanomagnetic devices G01R33/06
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/05 Rectifiers associated with casings, enclosures or brackets
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/20 for measuring, monitoring, testing, protecting or switching rectifiers H02K11/04; power electronics H02K11/33
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/33 Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics H02K11/38 takes precedence
• 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 one thyristor or the like in series with the power supply and the motor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 80/10 Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier

Abstract

A sensor integrated circuit includes a rectifier, a power supply module, an output control circuit and a detecting circuit. The rectifier is configured to convert an external power supply into a first direct current power supply. The power supply module includes a voltage regulator configured to generate a second direct current power supply different from the first direct current power supply. The detecting circuit is powered by the second direct current power supply and configured to detect an inputted signal and correspondingly generate a control signal. The output control circuit is configured to control, in response to at least the control signal, the sensor integrated circuit to operate in at least one of a first state in which a current flows out from an output port and a second state in which a current flows in from the output port.

Claims

1. A sensor integrated circuit, comprising:

a housing, a semiconductor substrate arranged inside the housing, an output port extending out from the housing, input ports configured to connect an alternate current power supply, and an electronic circuitry arranged on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the electronic circuitry comprises a rectifier, a power supply module, an output control circuit and a detecting circuit, wherein

the rectifier is configured to convert the alternate current power supply into a first direct current power supply;

the power supply module comprises a voltage regulator configured to generate a second direct current power supply different from the first direct current power supply;

the detecting circuit is powered by the second direct current power supply and is configured to detect a signal inputted to the sensor integrated circuit and correspondingly generate a control signal;

the output control circuit is directly powered by the first direct current power supply, an average value of the first direct current power supply is higher than an average value of the second direct current power supply;

the output control circuit is coupled to a control terminal of a controllable bidirectional alternate current switch and the output control circuit controls the controllable bidirectional alternate current switch to be switched between a switch-on state and a switch-off state at least according to a polarity of the alternate current power supply and the control signal;

when the control signal is at a first level and the alternate current power supply is in a positive half-period, a current flows from the output port to an outside of the sensor integrated circuit to control the controllable bidirectional alternate current switch to be on the switch-on state;

when the control signal is at a second level and the alternate current power supply is in a negative half-period, the current flows from the outside of the integrated circuit to the output port to control the controllable bidirectional alternate current switch to be on the switch-off state.

2. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the detecting circuit comprises a magnetic sensor configured to detect an external magnetic field and output a magnetic field detection signal matching with the external magnetic field, and the magnetic field detection signal serves as the control signal.

3. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 2, wherein the power supply module further comprises a voltage stabilizer and a band-gap reference voltage source, wherein

the voltage stabilizer is configured to stabilize a voltage of the first direct current power supply to a lower voltage serving as a third direct current power supply;

the band-gap reference voltage source is powered by the third direct current power supply and is configured to generate a reference voltage lower than the voltage of the third direct current power supply; and

the voltage regulator is powered by the first direct current power supply and is configured to generate the second direct current power supply based on the reference voltage.

4. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 3, wherein a voltage of the second direct current power supply is lower than the voltage of the third direct current power supply.

5. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 3, wherein

the magnetic sensor comprises:

a magnetic sensing element, configured to sense polarity of the external magnetic field and output an electric signal;

a signal processing unit, configured to amplify and descramble the electric signal to generate an analog electric signal; and

an analog-digital converting unit, configured to convert the analog electric signal into a logic high level signal or a logic low level signal; and

the power supply module further comprises a reference signal generator configured to generate a reference voltage based on the reference voltage output from the band-gap reference voltage source and provide the reference voltage to the analog-digital converting unit.

6. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 2, wherein the output control circuit comprises a first switch and a second switch, the first switch and the output port are connected in a first current path, the second switch and the output port are connected in a second current path having a direction opposite to a direction of the first current path, and the first switch and the second switch are turned on selectively under the control of the magnetic field detection signal.

7. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 2, wherein

the output control circuit comprises a first current path in which a current flows from the output port to the outside of the sensor integrated circuit, a second current path in which a current flows from the output port to an inside of the sensor integrated circuit, and a switch connected in one of the first current path and the second current path;

and

the switch is controlled based on magnetic field detection information outputted by the detecting circuit to cause the first current path and the second current path to be turned on selectively.

8. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 7, wherein the other one of the first current path and the second current path does not include a switch.

9. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 2, wherein the output control circuit is configured to control, based on the polarity of the alternate current power supply and the magnetic field detection signal, the sensor integrated circuit to switch at least between a first state in which a current flows from the output port to the outside of the sensor integrated circuit and a second state in which a current flows from the outside of the sensor integrated circuit to the output port.

10. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 9, wherein the external power supply is an alternate current power supply, and the output control circuit is configured to control the sensor integrated circuit to:

operate in one of the first state and the second state in a case that the magnetic field detection signal indicates that the external magnetic field is in first magnetic polarity and the alternate current power supply is in first electric polarity; and

operate in the other one of the first state and the second state in a case that the magnetic field detection signal indicates that the external magnetic field is in second magnetic polarity opposite to the first magnetic polarity and the alternate current power supply is in second electric polarity opposite to the first electric polarity.

11. The sensor integrated circuit according to claim 2, wherein the output control circuit is configured to:

cause a load current flowing through the output port in a case that the alternate current power supply is in the positive half-period and the external magnetic field is in first magnetic polarity or in a case that the alternate current power supply is in the negative half-period and the external magnetic field is in second magnetic polarity opposite to the first magnetic polarity; and

cause no load current flowing through the output port in a case that the alternate current power supply is in the negative half-period and the external magnetic field is in the first magnetic polarity or in a case that the alternate current power supply is in the positive half-period and the external magnetic field is in the second magnetic polarity.

12. A motor component comprising a motor and a motor driving circuit, wherein the motor driving circuit comprises the sensor integrated circuit according to claim 1.

13. The motor component according to claim 12, wherein the motor driving circuit further comprises a bidirectional switch connected in series to the motor across an external alternate current power supply, and the output port of the sensor integrated circuit is connected to a control terminal of the bidirectional switch.

14. The motor component according to claim 12, wherein the motor comprises a stator and a permanent magnet rotor, and the stator comprises a stator core and a single-phase winding wound on the stator core.

15. An application device of a motor component, wherein the motor component comprises a motor and a motor driving circuit, and the motor driving circuit comprises the sensor integrated circuit according to claim 1.

16. The application device according to claim 15, wherein the application device comprises a pump, a fan, a household electric appliance, and a vehicle.