Motor driving method and device thereof

• US 7,573,213 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2006
• Issued: 08/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chiu, Chun-Lung, Huang, Wen-Shi, Tsai, Ming-Shi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro; Bentsu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Luo; David S
• Application Number:
  US11/480,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20070040519A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 318/106, 180/216, 136/205
• US Class Current: 318/106
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/00 Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage of two or more motors H02P5/00; of synchronous motors with electronic commutators H02P6/00; of DC motors H02P7/00; of stepping motors H02P8/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 31/00 Arrangements for regulating or controlling electric motors not provided for in groups H02P1/00 - H02P5/00, H02P7/00 or H02P21/00 - H02P29/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 4/00 Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of electric motors that can be connected to two or more different electric power supplies vector control H02P21/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 80/10 Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier

Abstract

The invention provides a motor driving device including a converter receiving and converting a non-electrical power source, such as light, heat, mechanical or chemical energy, to a first electrical power, and a selector electrically connected between the converter and a motor, for receiving the first electrical power and a second electrical power from a power source, such as an electrical power generator, and outputting the first or second electrical power according to a rotation speed of the motor.

Claims

1. A motor driving method, comprising:

receiving a non-electrical power source;

converting the non-electrical power source to a first electrical power;

receiving a second electrical power;

selecting the first or second electrical power as input according to a rotation speed of a motor, while the motor is operating; and

generating a feedback signal to a selector of the motor so as to allow the selector to select the first or second electrical power as output.

2. The motor driving method as claim 1, wherein the non-electrical power source is solar energy, light energy, heat energy, mechanical energy, or chemical energy.

3. The motor driving method as claim 1, wherein the first electrical power is selected as input when the motor rotates at a low speed.

4. The motor driving method as claim 1, wherein the second electrical power is selected as input when the motor rotates at a high speed or a full speed.

5. The motor driving method as claim 1, wherein the motor is a fan motor.

6. A motor driving device, electrically connected to a motor, comprising:

a converter receiving and converting a non-electrical power source to a first electrical power; and

a selector electrically connected between the converter and the motor for receiving the first electrical power and a second electrical power, and outputting the first or second electrical power according to a rotation speed of a motor, while the motor is operating, wherein the motor generates a feedback signal to the selector so as to allow the selector to select the first or second electrical power as output.

7. The motor driving device as claim 6, wherein the non-electrical power source is solar energy, light energy, heat energy, mechanical energy, or chemical energy.

8. The motor driving device as claim 6, wherein the first electrical power is outputted by the selector when the motor rotates at a low speed.

9. The motor driving device as claim 6, wherein the second electrical power is outputted by the selector when the motor rotates at a high speed or a full speed.

10. The motor driving device as claim 6, wherein the second electrical power is provided by an electrical power supply.

11. The motor driving device as claim 6, wherein the feedback signal is a rotation speed signal or a current signal.

12. The motor driving device as claim 11, wherein the rotation speed signal or the current signal is converted to a voltage signal.

13. The motor driving device as claim 6, wherein the selector has a switching circuit for receiving and outputting the first and second electrical power selectively.

14. The motor driving device as claim 13, wherein the selector has a feedback circuit for receiving and converting a feedback signal of the motor to be output to the switching circuit so as to allow the selector to select the first or second electrical power as output.

15. The motor driving device as claim 14, wherein the selector has a comparison circuit electrically connected between the feedback circuit and the switching circuit for receiving and comparing the converted feedback signal with a reference voltage, and outputting a comparison signal to the motor so as to allow the selector to select the first or second electrical power as output.

16. The motor driving device as claim 14, wherein the feedback signal is a rotation speed signal or a current signal.

17. The motor driving device as claim 16, wherein the rotation speed signal or the current signal is converted to a voltage signal.

18. The motor driving device as claim 6, wherein the motor is a fan motor.

19. A motor driving device for saving energy, electrically connected to a motor, comprising:

a converter receiving and converting a non-electrical power source to a first electrical power; and

a selector electrically connected between the converter and the motor for receiving the first electrical power and a second electrical power, and outputting the first or second electrical power according to a rotation speed of a motor, while the motor is operating, wherein the first electrical power is outputted by the selector when the motor rotates at a low speed to save energy, and wherein the motor generates a feedback signal to the selector so as to allow the selector to select the first or second electrical power as output.