Motor

• US 6,424,106 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2001
• Issued: 07/23/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Gotou, Makoto, Ochi, Masaaki, Mori, Hideaki, Nishino, Hideki
• Primary Examiner(s): Nappi, Robert E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Leykin, Rita
• Application Number:
  US09/820,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20010028230A1
• Time in Patent Office: 481 Days
• Field of Search: 318/254, 318/138, 318/439
• US Class Current: 318/400.14
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/08 Arrangements for controlling the speed or torque of a single motor H02P6/10, H02P6/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/14 Electronic commutators

Abstract

FET power transistors of a power supplying part execute high-frequency switching operation and form current paths to three-phase windings. A voltage detecting part compares terminal voltages of the three-phase windings and produces a detected pulse signal in response to a comparison result. A state shifting part and an activation control part control active periods of the FET power transistors in response to the detected pulse signal. A commanding part produces a command signal in response to an output pulse signal of the voltage detecting means. A switching operation block produces a switching pulse signal in response to a comparison result of a current-detection signal with the command signal, and causes at least an FET power transistor of the power supplying part to perform high-frequency switching in response to the switching pulse signal. The state shifting part produces a timing signal after an adjust time from the detection of the detected pulse signal and shift-holds a holding state in response to the timing signal. The state shifting part changes the adjust time smaller in case that the command signal is larger than a predetermined value, thereby making the product value of the adjust time and the rotational speed smaller in the case.

Claims

1. A motor comprising:

a rotor which has a field part generating field fluxes;

Q-phase windings (Q is an integer of 3 or more);

voltage supplying means which includes two output terminals for supplying a DC voltage;

power supplying means having Q first FET power transistors and Q second FET power transistors for supplying a power to said Q-phase windings, each of said Q first FET power transistors forming a current path between one output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings, and each of said Q second FET power transistors forming a current path between the other output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings;

voltage detecting means for producing a detected pulse signal in response to terminal voltages of said Q-phase windings;

state shifting means for shift-holding a holding state from one state to at least one other state in sequence in response to the detected pulse signal of said voltage detecting means;

activation control means for controlling active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said holding state;

commanding means for producing a command signal in response to an output pulse signal of said voltage detecting means; and

switching operation means for causing at least one of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors to perform high-frequency switching in response to said command signal;

and that

said activation control means produces Q-phase first activation control signals and Q-phase second activation control signals in response to said holding state of said state shifting means for controlling said active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors, each of said active periods being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees,

said switching operation means produces a switching pulse signal in response to said command signal, and makes high-frequency switching operation of at least one FET power transistor among said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said switching pulse signal, and

said state shifting means includes;

adjusting means for producing a timing signal after an adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal,

shift hold means for shift-holding said holding state in response to said timing signal, and

adjust changing means for changing said adjust time of said adjusting means smaller in case that said command signal is larger than a predetermined value, thereby making the product value of said adjust time and said rotational speed of said rotor smaller in said case.

2. The motor in accordance with claim 1, wherein

said switching operation means includes:

current-detecting means for producing a current-detection signal in response to or corresponding to a current from said voltage supplying means to said Q-phase windings, and

switching control means for comparing said current-detection signal with said command signal and producing said switching pulse signal in response to the comparison result.

3. The motor in accordance with claim 1, wherein

said state shifting means shifts said holding state from a first state to a second state after a first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, and further shifts said holding state from said second state to a third state after a second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, said first adjust time and said second adjust time being substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal, and

said adjust changing means changes at least said second adjust time smaller in case that said command signal is larger than the predetermined value, said second adjust time being larger than said first adjust time.

4. The motor in accordance with claim 1, wherein

said state shifting means changes active periods of said Q-phase first activation control signals and said Q-phase second activation control signals smaller in case that said command signal is larger than the predetermined value, each of said active periods of said Q-phase first activation control signals and said Q-phase second activation control signals being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees.

5. The motor in accordance with claim 1, wherein

said voltage detecting means stops detecting of said detected pulse signal from a pulse timing of said detected pulse signal to another adjust time, said another adjust time being larger than said adjust time and substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal.

6. A motor comprising:

a rotor which has a field part generating field fluxes;

Q-phase windings (Q is an integer of 3 or more);

voltage supplying means which includes two output terminals for supplying a DC voltage;

power supplying means having Q first FET power transistors and Q second FET power transistors for supplying a power to said Q-phase windings, each of said Q first FET power transistors forming a current path between one output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings, and each of said Q second FET power transistors forming a current path between the other output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings;

voltage detecting means for producing a detected pulse signal in response to terminal voltages of said Q-phase windings;

state shifting means for shift-holding a holding state from one state to at least one other state in sequence in response to the detected pulse signal of said voltage detecting means;

activation control means for controlling active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said holding state;

commanding means for producing a command signal in response to an output pulse signal of said voltage detecting means; and

switching operation means for causing at least one of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors to perform high-frequency switching in response to said command signal;

and that

said activation control means produces Q-phase first activation control signals and Q-phase second activation control signals in response to said holding state of said state shifting means for controlling said active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors, each of said active periods being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees,

said switching operation means produces a switching pulse signal in response to said command signal, and makes high-frequency switching operation of at least one FET power transistor among said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said switching pulse signal, and

said state shifting means includes;

adjusting means for producing a first timing signal after a first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal and a second timing signal after a second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, said second adjust time being larger than said first adjust time,

shift hold means for shift-holding said holding state from a first state to a second state after said first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal in response to said first timing signal, and further shift-holding said holding state from said second state to a third state after said second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal in response to said second timing signal, and

adjust changing means for changing at least said second adjust time of said adjusting means smaller in case that said command signal is larger than a predetermined value, thereby making the product value of said second adjust time and said rotational speed of said rotor smaller in said case.

7. The motor in accordance with claim 6, wherein

said switching operation means includes:

current-detecting means for producing a current-detection signal in response to or corresponding to a current from said voltage supplying means to said Q-phase windings, and

switching control means for comparing said current-detection signal with said command signal and producing said switching pulse signal in response to the comparison result.

8. The motor in accordance with the claim 6, wherein

said state shifting means produces said first adjust time and said second adjust time which are substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal.

9. The motor in accordance with claim 6, wherein

said voltage detecting means stops detecting of said detected pulse signal from a pulse timing of said detected pulse signal to another adjust time, said another adjust time being larger than said second adjust time and substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal.

10. A motor comprising:

a rotor which has a field part generating field fluxes;

Q-phase windings (Q is an integer of 3 or more);

voltage supplying means which includes two output terminals for supplying a DC voltage;

power supplying means having Q first FET power transistors and Q second FET power transistors for supplying a power to said Q-phase windings, each of said Q first FET power transistors forming a current path between one output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings, and each of said Q second FET power transistors forming a current path between the other output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings;

voltage detecting means for producing a detected pulse signal in response to terminal voltages of said Q-phase windings;

state shifting means for shift-holding a holding state from one state to at least one other state in sequence in response to the detected pulse signal of said voltage detecting means;

activation control means for controlling active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said holding state;

commanding means for producing a command signal in response to an output pulse signal of said voltage detecting means; and

switching operation means for causing at least one of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors to perform high-frequency switching in response to said command signal;

and that

said activation control means produces Q-phase first activation control signals and Q-phase second activation control signals in response to said holding state of said state shifting means for controlling said active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors, each of said active periods being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees,

said switching operation means produces a switching pulse signal in response to said command signal, and makes high-frequency switching operation of at least one FET power transistor among said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said switching pulse signal, and

said state shifting means, in cooperation with said activation control means, changes active periods of said Q-phase first activation control signals and said Q-phase second activation control signals smaller in case that said command signal is larger than a predetermined value, each of said active periods of said Q-phase first activation control signals and said Q-phase second activation control signals being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees.

11. The motor in accordance with claim 10, wherein

said switching operation means includes:

current-detecting means for producing a current-detection signal in response to or corresponding to a current from said voltage supplying means to said Q-phase windings, and

switching control means for comparing said current-detection signal with said command signal and producing said switching pulse signal in response to the comparison result.

12. The motor in accordance with claim 10, wherein

said state shifting means includes:

adjusting means for producing a first timing signal after a first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal and a second timing signal after a second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, said first adjust time and said second adjust time being substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal, said second adjust time being larger than said first adjust time,

shift hold means for shift-holding said holding state from a first state to a second state after said first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal in response to said first timing signal, and further shift-holding said holding state from said second state to a third state after said second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal in response to said second timing signal, and

adjust changing means for changing at least said second adjust time of said adjusting means smaller in case that said command signal is larger than a predetermined value, thereby making the product value of said second adjust time and said rotational speed of said rotor smaller in said case.

13. The motor in accordance with claim 10, wherein

said voltage detecting means stops detecting of said detected pulse signal from a pulse timing of said detected pulse signal to another adjust time, said another adjust time being larger than said second adjust time and substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal.

14. A motor comprising:

a rotor which has a field part generating field fluxes;

Q-phase windings (Q is an integer of 3 or more);

voltage supplying means which includes two output terminals for supplying a DC voltage;

power supplying means having Q first FET power transistors and Q second FET power transistors for supplying a power to said Q-phase windings, each of said Q first FET power transistors forming a current path between one output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings, and each of said Q second FET power transistors forming a current path between the other output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings;

voltage detecting means for producing a detected pulse signal in response to terminal voltages of said Q-phase windings;

state shifting means for shift-holding a holding state from one state to at least one other state in sequence in response to the detected pulse signal of said voltage detecting means;

activation control means for controlling active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said holding state;

commanding means for producing a command signal in response to an output pulse signal of said voltage detecting means; and

switching operation means for causing at least one of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors to perform high-frequency switching in response to said command signal;

and that

said activation control means produces Q-phase first activation control signals and Q-phase second activation control signals in response to said holding state of said state shifting means for controlling said active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors, each of said active periods being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees,

said switching operation means produces a switching pulse signal in response to said command signal, and makes high-frequency switching operation of at least one FET power transistor among said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said switching pulse signal, and

said state shifting means includes;

adjusting means for producing a timing signal after an adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal and another timing signal after another adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal,

shift hold means for shift-holding said holding state in response to said timing signal, and

adjust changing means for changing said adjust time and said another adjust time of said adjusting means smaller in case that said command signal is larger than a predetermined value, thereby making the product value of said adjust time and said rotational speed of said rotor smaller and the product value of said another adjust time and said rotational speed of said rotor smaller in said case, and

said voltage detecting means stops detecting of said detected pulse signal from a pulse timing of said detected pulse signal to said another adjust time by said another timing signal, said another adjust time being larger than said adjust time.

15. The motor in accordance with claim 14, wherein

said switching operation means includes:

current-detecting means for producing a current-detection signal in response to or corresponding to a current from said voltage supplying means to said Q-phase windings, and

switching control means for comparing said current-detection signal with said command signal and producing said switching pulse signal in response to the comparison result.

16. The motor in accordance with claim 14, wherein

said state shifting means shifts said holding state from a first state to a second state after a first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, and further shifts said holding state from said second state to a third state after a second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, said first adjust time and said second adjust time being substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal, and

said adjust changing means changes at least said second adjust time, said second adjust time being larger than said first adjust time.

17. The motor in accordance with claim 14, wherein

said state shifting means changes active periods of said Q-phase first activation control signals and said Q-phase second activation control signals smaller in case that said command signal is larger than the predetermined value, each of said active periods of said Q-phase first activation control signals and said Q-phase second activation control signals being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees.

18. A motor comprising:

a rotor which has a field part generating field fluxes;

Q-phase windings (Q is an integer of 3 or more);

voltage supplying means which includes two output terminals for supplying a DC voltage;

power supplying means having Q first FET power transistors and Q second FET power transistors for supplying a power to said Q-phase windings, each of said Q first FET power transistors forming a current path between one output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings, and each of said Q second FET power transistors forming a current path between the other output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings;

voltage detecting means for producing a detected pulse signal in response to terminal voltages of said Q-phase windings;

state shifting means for shift-holding a holding state from one state to at least one other state in sequence in response to the detected pulse signal of said voltage detecting means;

activation control means for controlling active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said holding state;

commanding means for producing a command signal in response to an output pulse signal of said voltage detecting means; and

switching operation means for causing at least one of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors to perform high-frequency switching in response to said command signal;

and that

said activation control means produces Q-phase first activation control signals and Q-phase second activation control signals in response to said holding state of said state shifting means for controlling said active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors, each of said active periods being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees,

said switching operation means produces a switching pulse signal in response to said command signal, and makes high-frequency switching operation of at least one FET power transistor among said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said switching pulse signal, and

said state shifting means includes;

adjusting means for producing a first timing signal after a first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, a second timing signal after a second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, and a third timing signal after a third adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, said second adjust time being larger than said first adjust time,

shift hold means for shift-holding said holding state from a first state to a second state after said first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal in response to said first timing signal, and further shift-holding said holding state from said second state to a third state after said second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal in response to said second timing signal, and

adjust changing means for changing at least said third adjust time of said adjusting means smaller in case that said command signal is larger than a predetermined value, thereby making the product value of said third adjust time and said rotational speed of said rotor smaller in said case, and

said voltage detecting means stops detecting of said detected pulse signal from a pulse timing of said detected pulse signal to said third adjust time in response to said third timing signal, said third adjust time being larger than said second adjust time and substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal.

19. The motor in accordance with claim 18, wherein

said switching operation means includes:

current-detecting means for producing a current-detection signal in response to or corresponding to a current from said voltage supplying means to said Q-phase windings, and

switching control means for comparing said current-detection signal with said command signal and producing said switching pulse signal in response to the comparison result.

20. The motor in accordance with the claim 18, wherein

said state shifting means produces said first adjust time and said second adjust time which are substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal.

21. A motor comprising:

a rotor which has a field part generating field fluxes;

Q-phase windings (Q is an integer of 3 or more);

voltage supplying means which includes two output terminals for supplying a DC voltage;

power supplying means having Q first FET power transistors and Q second FET power transistors for supplying a power to said Q-phase windings, each of said Q first FET power transistors forming a current path between one output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings, and each of said Q second FET power transistors forming a current path between the other output terminal side of said voltage supplying means and one of said Q-phase windings;

voltage detecting means for producing a detected pulse signal in response to terminal voltages of said Q-phase windings;

state shifting means for shift-holding a holding state from one state to at least one other state in sequence in response to the detected pulse signal of said voltage detecting means;

activation control means for controlling active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said holding state;

commanding means for producing a command signal in response to an output pulse signal of said voltage detecting means; and

switching operation means for causing at least one of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors to perform high-frequency switching in response to said command signal;

and that

said activation control means produces Q-phase first activation control signals and Q-phase second activation control signals in response to said holding state of said state shifting means for controlling said active periods of said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors, each of said active periods being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees,

said switching operation means produces a switching pulse signal in response to said command signal, and makes high-frequency switching operation of at least one FET power transistor among said Q first FET power transistors and said Q second FET power transistors in response to said switching pulse signal,

said state shifting means, in cooperation with said activation control means, changes active periods of said Q-phase first activation control signals and said Q-phase second activation control signals smaller in case that said command signal is larger than a predetermined value, each of said active periods of said Q-phase first activation control signals and said Q-phase second activation control signals being an electrical angle which is larger than 360/Q degrees, and

said voltage detecting means stops detecting of said detected pulse signal from a pulse timing of said detected pulse signal to an adjust time, the product value of said adjust time and said rotational speed of said rotor being changed smaller in said case.

22. The motor in accordance with claim 21, wherein

said switching operation means includes:

current-detecting means for producing a current-detection signal in response to or corresponding to a current from said voltage supplying means to said Q-phase windings, and

switching control means for comparing said current-detection signal with said command signal and producing said switching pulse signal in response to the comparison result.

23. The motor in accordance with claim 21, wherein

said state shifting means includes:

adjusting means for producing a first timing signal after a first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal and a second timing signal after a second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal, said second adjust time being larger than said first adjust time, said first adjust time and said second adjust time being substantially proportional to an interval of said detected pulse signal,

shift hold means for shift-holding said holding state from a first state to a second state after said first adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal in response to said first timing signal, and further shift-holding said holding state from said second state to a third state after said second adjust time from detection of said detected pulse signal in response to said second timing signal, and

adjust changing means for changing at least said second adjust time of said adjusting means smaller in case that said command signal is larger than a predetermined value, thereby making the product value of said second adjust time and said rotational speed of said rotor smaller in said case.