POWER TOOL AND MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM THEREOF

• US 20170288580A1
• Filed: 04/05/2017
• Published: 10/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson Electric SA 125 Rue de Progres La Chaux de Fonds Switzerland (Johnson Electric Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Electric SA 125 Rue de Progres La Chaux de Fonds Switzerland (Johnson Electric Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: MA, Hai Bo, LO, Yuk Tung, CHEN, Jin Zhou, GAO, Yong Sheng, ZOU, Jian Xun, CHEN, Song
• Application Number:
  US15/479,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20170288580A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 5/00 Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/145 Hand-held machine tool
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/08 with pulse width modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/16 Circuit arrangements for detecting position
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/24 Arrangements for stopping

Abstract

A motor drive system is provided, which includes: an inverter including an upper-half bridge and a lower-half bridge, the upper-half bridge and the lower-half bridge each including at least two semi-conductive switch elements, where the inverter is configured to convert a voltage provided by a power supply to an alternating current to drive a motor; a microcontroller configured to output a drive signal to the alternately turn on each two of the at least two semi-conductive switch elements of the upper-half bridge and each two of the at least two semi-conductive switch elements of the lower-half bridge when the motor performs braking, whereby a motor winding and the turned-on semi-conductive switch elements form a circuit a capacitor configured to supply power to the microcontroller when the motor performs braking.

Claims

1. A motor drive system, comprising:

an inverter comprising an upper-half bridge and a lower-half bridge, wherein each of the upper-half bridge and the lower-half bridge comprises at least two semi-conductive switch elements, and the inverter is configured to convert a voltage provided by a power supply to an alternating current to drive a motor;

a microcontroller configured to output a drive signal to the alternately turn on each two of the at least two semi-conductive switch elements of the upper-half bridge and each two of the at least two semi-conductive switch elements of the lower-half bridge when the motor performs braking, whereby a motor winding and the turned-on semi-conductive switch elements form a circuit; and

a capacitor configured to supply power to the microcontroller when the motor performs braking.

2. The motor drive system according to claim 1, wherein:

a freewheel diode is coupled in parallel with each of the at least two semi-conductive switch elements; and

the microcontroller is further configured to output the drive signal to turn off one of two turned-on semi-conductive switch elements, when a rotation speed of the motor is greater than a first predetermined value and less than a second predetermined value and a voltage across the capacitor is lower than a predetermined value during the motor performs braking, wherein the motor winding charges the capacitor via the other of the two turned on semi-conductive switch elements and a freewheel diode coupled in parallel with two terminals of a semi-conductive switch element which is at a same up-and-down side as the turned-off semi-conductive switch element.

3. The motor drive system according to claim 2, further comprising a diode, wherein an anode of the diode is coupled with the microcontroller, the capacitor and the inverter, and a cathode of the diode is coupled with the power supply, wherein when the rotation speed of the motor being greater than the second predetermined value, the motor winding simultaneously charges the capacitor and the power supply.

4. The motor drive system according to claim 1, wherein:

a number of the motor winding is at least two, wherein when performing braking, the microcontroller determines a first motor winding with a maximum back electromotive force and a second motor winding with a minimum back electromotive force according to a magnetic pole position of a rotor of the motor, and transmits the drive signal to alternately control semi-conductive switch elements of the upper-half bridge and semi-conductive switch elements of the lower-half bridge to be turned on, wherein the turned-on semi-conductive switch elements of the upper-half bridge comprise a first semi-conductive switch element which controls the first motor winding and a second semi-conductive switch element which controls the second motor winding, and the turned-on semi-conductive switch elements of the lower-half bridge comprise a third semi-conductive switch element which controls the first motor winding and a fourth semi-conductive switch element which controls the second motor winding, wherein the first motor winding and the second motor winding are shorted with each other via the turned-on first semi-conductive switch element and the turned-on second semi-conductive switch element or shorted with each other via the turned-on third semi-conductive switch element and the turned-on fourth semi-conductive switch element.

5. The motor drive system according to claim 4, wherein:

a freewheel diode is coupled in parallel with each of the at least two semi-conductive switch elements; and

the microcontroller is further configured to turn off the second semi-conductive switch element when the first semi-conductive switch element and the second semi-conductive switch element of the upper-half bridge are turned on and a voltage across the capacitor is lower than a predetermined value, wherein the first motor winding and the second motor winding charge the capacitor via the first semi-conductive switch element and a freewheel diode coupled in parallel with two terminals of a semi-conductive switch element which is at a same up-and-down side as the second semi-conductive switch element; and

turn off the third semi-conductive switch element when the third semi-conductive switch element and the fourth semi-conductive switch element of the lower-half bridge are turned on and the voltage across the capacitor is lower than the predetermined value, wherein the first motor winding and the second motor winding charge the capacitor via the turned-on fourth semi-conductive switch element and a freewheel diode coupled in parallel with two terminals of a semi-conductive switch element which is at a same up-and-down side as the third semi-conductive switch element.

6. The motor drive system according to claim 4, further comprising:

a position sensor configured to output a Hall signal according to a magnetic pole position of the rotor, wherein inverter comprises an upper-half bridge and a lower-half bridge, the upper-half bridge comprises a first switch, a second switch and a third switch, and the lower-half bridge comprises a fourth switch, a fifth switch and a sixth switch, wherein a node is formed between the first switch and the fourth switch, a node is formed between the second switch and the fifth switch, and a node is formed between the third switch and the sixth switch, and wherein during the motor is braked, the microcontroller turns on the fifth switch and the sixth switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 101, turns on the fourth switch and the fifth switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 100, turns on the fourth switch and the sixth switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 110, turns on the second switch and the third switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 010, turns on the first switch and the second switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 011, and turns on the first switch and the third switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 001.

7. The motor drive system according to claim 6, wherein:

when performing braking, the microcontroller is further configured to turn off the sixth switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 101 and a voltage across the capacitor is lower than a predetermined value, turn off the fourth switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 100 and the voltage across the capacitor is lower than the predetermined value, turn off the fourth switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 110 and the voltage across the capacitor is lower than the predetermined value, turn off the second switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 010 and the voltage across the capacitor is lower than the predetermined value, turn off the second switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 011 and the voltage across the capacitor is lower than the predetermined value, and turn off the third switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 001 and the voltage across the capacitor is lower than the predetermined value.

8. The motor drive system according to claim 1, wherein:

a number of the motor winding is one, wherein when performing braking, the microcontroller transmits a PWM signal according to a magnetic pole position of a rotor, so as to alternately control semi-conductive elements of the upper-half bridge to be turned on and semi-conductive elements of the lower-half bridge to be turned on, wherein the motor winding and the turned-on semi-conductive elements form a circuit.

9. The motor drive system according to claim 8, wherein:

a freewheel diode is coupled in parallel with each of the at least two semi-conductive switch elements; and

the microcontroller is further configured to turn off a semi-conductive switch element which directs a phase current to flow into the motor winding when the semi-conductive switch elements of the upper-half bridge are turned on and a voltage across the capacitor is lower than a predetermined value, wherein the motor winding charges the capacitor via the turned-on semi-conductive switch element and the freewheel diode coupled in parallel with two terminals of a semi-conductive switch element which is at a same up-and-down side as the turned-off semi-conductive switch element of the upper-half bridge; and

turn off a semi-conductive switch element which directs the phase current to flow out of the motor winding when the semi-conductive switch elements of the lower-half bridge are turned on and the voltage across the capacitor is lower than the predetermined value, wherein the motor winding charges the capacitor via the turned-on semi-conductive switch element and a freewheel diode coupled in parallel with two terminals of a semi-conductive switch element which is at a same up-and-down side as the turned-off semi-conductive switch element of the lower-half bridge.

10. The motor drive system according to claim 8, further comprising:

a position sensor configured to output a Hall signal according to a magnetic pole position of the rotor, wherein the inverter comprises an upper-half bridge and a lower-half bridge, the upper-half bridge comprises a first switch and a second switch, and the lower-half bridge comprises a third switch and a fourth switch, wherein a node is formed between the first switch and the third switch, and a node is formed between the second switch and the fourth switch, and wherein during the motor is braked, the microcontroller turns on the third switch and the fourth switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 10, and turns on the first switch and the second switch when the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 01.

11. The motor drive system according to claim 10, wherein:

when performing braking, the microcontroller is further configured to turn off the third switch in a case that the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 10 and a voltage across the capacitor is lower than a predetermined value, and turn off the first switch in a case that the Hall signal outputted by the position sensor is 01 and the voltage across the capacitor is lower than the predetermined value.

12. The motor drive system according to claim 1, wherein during the motor is braked, the capacitor directly supplies power to the microcontroller in a case that a rotation speed of the motor is less than a first predetermined value.

13. The motor drive system according to claim 1, further comprising a switch coupled between the power supply and the microcontroller, wherein when the switch is closed, the power supply supplies power to the microcontroller via the switch, and when the switch is opened, the switch transmits an opening signal to the microcontroller such that the microcontroller transmits a brake signal to the inverter to control the motor to stop operating, and the power supply stops supplying power to the microcontroller.

14. A power tool, comprising:

a housing, a working head extended out of the housing, a motor for driving the working head, and the motor drive system according to claim 1.