MOTOR CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20080292291A1
• Filed: 04/29/2008
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chiu, Chun-Lung, Chiu, Chin-Fa, TANG, Chung-Hung
• Granted Patent: US 7,915,845 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 388/811
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 2209/07 Trapezoidal waveform
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/16 Circuit arrangements for detecting position
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 80/10 Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier

Abstract

A motor control method and a motor control device are provided. The control method includes the steps of receiving a current feedback signal from a coil switching circuit, while the motor is rotating, for generating a separate signal, and comparing the current feedback signal and the separate signal for generating a motor control signal so as to control the operation of the motor.

Claims

1. A motor control method, comprising steps of:

acquiring a current feedback signal;

generating a separate signal; and

comparing the current feedback signal with the separate signal and generating a motor control signal to control a rotational speed of a motor.

2. The motor control method of claim 1, wherein the current feedback signal is generated from a coil switching circuit of the motor when a current sampling circuit is detecting the operation of the motor.

3. The motor control method of claim 1, wherein the separate signal is acquired from a separate signal generating circuit.

4. The motor control method of claim 3, wherein the separate signal comprises a plurality of continuous and uniform-distributed signals.

5. The motor control method of claim 2, wherein the separate signal is acquired from a separate signal generating circuit.

6. The motor control method of claim 5, wherein the separate signal comprises a plurality of continuous and uniform-distributed signals.

7. The motor control method of claim 4, wherein the separate signal is a triangular, sine, trapezoid, or polygonal wave.

8. The motor control method of claim 1, wherein the current feedback signal further comprises a phase signal and the phase signal is eliminated by a low pass filter before the current feedback signal is compared with a separate signal.

9. The motor control method of claim 1, wherein the motor control signal comprises a plurality of rectangular waves, the width of the rectangular waves is wider when the amplitude of the current feedback signal is lower, and the width of the rectangular waves is narrower when the amplitude of the current feedback signal is higher within the predetermined phase range.

10. A motor control device, comprising:

a coil switching circuit;

a motor driver, electrically coupled to the coil switching circuit, for controlling the coil switching circuit to switch phases;

a current sampling circuit, electrically coupled to the coil switching circuit, for acquiring a current feedback signal from the coil switching circuit and output the current feedback signal;

a separate signal generating circuit, for generating and outputting a separate signal; and

a comparison circuit, electrically coupled to the current sampling circuit, the separate signal generating circuit, and the motor driver respectively, for comparing the current feedback signal with the separate signal to generate a motor control signal, and output the motor control signal to the motor driver to control a rotational speed of the motor.

11. The motor control device of claim 10, wherein the comparison circuit outputs a high level signal when the separate signal is higher than the current feedback signal, and the comparison circuit outputs a low level signal when the separate signal is lower than the current feedback signal.

12. The motor control device of claim 10, wherein the separate signal comprises a plurality of continuous and uniform-distributed signals.

13. The motor control device of claim 12, wherein the separate signal is a triangular, sine, trapezoid, or polygonal wave.

14. The motor control device of claim 10, wherein the width of the rectangular waves is wider when the amplitude of the current feedback signal is lower, and the width of the rectangular waves is narrower when the amplitude of the current feedback signal is higher within the predetermined phase range.

15. The motor control device of claim 10, further comprising a phase signal sampling circuit, electrically coupled to the motor driver, provided to detect a phase signal during the operation of the motor, and output the phase signal to the motor driver.

16. The motor control device of claim 15, wherein the phase signal sampling circuit is a Hall sensor.

17. The motor control device of claim 10, further comprising a low pass filter, electrically coupled to the current sampling circuit and the comparison circuit respectively, provided to eliminate a phase signal in the current feedback signal and output the current feedback signal to the comparison circuit.

18. The motor control device of claim 10, further comprising a PWM generating circuit, electrically coupled to the motor driver, provided to modulate the motor control signal received by the motor driver to change the rotational speed of the motor.