Motor control and drive circuit

• US 5,399,953 A
• Filed: 06/25/1993
• Issued: 03/21/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoshino, Motoyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoop, Jr., William M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Masih, Karen
• Application Number:
  US08/082,756
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 318/799, 318/798, 318/778, 318/254, 318/138, 318/439
• US Class Current: 318/799
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 2209/07 Trapezoidal waveform
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/20 Arrangements for starting H02P6/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A peak level of a drive signal U having predetermined inclination portions is detected, and a detection signal Q is outputted when the peak level has not reached a predetermined value. Since the detection signal Q indicates the out-of-step condition of the motor, the use of the detection signal Q allows reactivation or the like to be triggered easily in a simple circuit. Therefore, the rotation of the motor can be activated by reactivation or the like without strict adjustment but with only a practically adequate adjustment.

Claims

1. A motor control and drive circuit for rotating a motor, which applies a motor drive current to a coil of the motor, generates a detection signal indicating a rotating condition of the motor from a voltage generated at the coil, generates a drive signal whose waveform corresponds to the detection signal, and outputs the drive signal as the motor drive current by amplifying the waveform of the drive signal, comprising:

a sensing circuit for sensing the difference between a drive signal applied to a motor coil and a neutral point to produce a detection signal;

a drive signal generation circuit for generating a signal, in accordance with the detection signal, whose waveform has a cycle following a cycle of the detection signal and has an inclination portion having a predetermined inclination, and outputting the generated signal as the drive signal; and

a circuit for receiving the outputted drive signal, detecting at least one of a peak level and amplitude value of the drive signal, comparing the detected value with a predetermined reference value, and generating a signal for reactivating the motor when an absolute value of the peak value is smaller than the reference value.

2. A motor controlling device for controlling a rotation of a motor, comprising:

detecting means for detecting a rotating condition of said motor;

motor driving means for generating a motor driving signal according to the detection signal of said detecting means;

peak detection means for detecting a peak level of the motor driving signal and for generating a failure signal when the peak level is smaller than a predetermined voltage; and

starter reactivation means for resetting and reactivating said motor driving means in response to said failure signal.

3. A motor controlling device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said motor is a three-phase motor having three coils which are star-connected, and said detecting means comprises three comparators for comparing each output of coils of the motor with a neutral point voltage.

4. A motor controlling device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said motor driving means comprises a starter circuit which relays the output signals of said comparators in a steady state while said starter circuit generates three oscillation signals which are shifted by 120 degree each upon receiving an activation signal.

5. A motor control and drive circuit for generating, according to a first detection signal corresponding to a voltage to be generated at a coil of a motor, a drive signal having a signal waveform for determining a current waveform to be applied to the coil, comprising:

a sensing circuit for sensing the difference between a drive signal applied to a motor coil and a neutral point to produce a detection signal;

a sawtooth wave generation circuit for receiving a signal having the same cycle as and being synchronous with the detection signal and generating a sawtooth wave signal, the sawtooth wave signal being brought to a predetermined initial value at a timing of inverting the received signal;

a peak detection circuit for receiving the sawtooth wave signal and detecting a peak value thereof; and

a circuit for receiving the detected peak value and comparing the peak value with a predetermined reference value, so that a signal for reactivating the motor can be generated when an absolute value of the peak value is smaller than the reference value.