Inverter device and air conditioner using inverter device
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1. An inverter device for driving a sensorless DC brushless motor, comprising:
- an inverter circuit for switching a direct-current voltage obtained from a direct-current power source and supplying an alternating-current current of a sinusoidal wave to the sensorless DC brushless motor, wherein the direct-current voltage of the direct-current power source is switched by three-phase modulation; and
current detecting means for detecting a power supply current between the direct-current power source and the inverter circuit,wherein the sensorless DC brushless motor includes stator windings of a three-phase wiring (U, V, W) electrically connected to the inverter circuit and a magnet rotor, andwithin a carrier period of the three-phase modulation, a current feeding time is equally added or subtracted in a current feeding period in each phase of the stator windings, andthe current detecting means is a single current detecting means which is used also for detecting the current flowing in the stator windings, and by detecting the current flowing in the stator windings as well as detecting the power supply current, a rotational position of the magnet rotor is judged to thereby control the switching of the inverter circuit.
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Abstract
A current sensor for detecting a power supply current is commonly used for detecting a current of a stator winding to detect a rotational position of a magnet rotor, so that a sinusoidal driving is realized without adding two current sensors for detection of a phase current, and also a phase shift circuit and a comparator needed in the conventional 120-degree current feeding are not required, and the number of components can be reduced. Therefore, an inverter device with a low noise and low vibration, having a small size, light weight and high reliability is obtained.
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1. An inverter device for driving a sensorless DC brushless motor, comprising:
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an inverter circuit for switching a direct-current voltage obtained from a direct-current power source and supplying an alternating-current current of a sinusoidal wave to the sensorless DC brushless motor, wherein the direct-current voltage of the direct-current power source is switched by three-phase modulation; and current detecting means for detecting a power supply current between the direct-current power source and the inverter circuit, wherein the sensorless DC brushless motor includes stator windings of a three-phase wiring (U, V, W) electrically connected to the inverter circuit and a magnet rotor, and within a carrier period of the three-phase modulation, a current feeding time is equally added or subtracted in a current feeding period in each phase of the stator windings, and the current detecting means is a single current detecting means which is used also for detecting the current flowing in the stator windings, and by detecting the current flowing in the stator windings as well as detecting the power supply current, a rotational position of the magnet rotor is judged to thereby control the switching of the inverter circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An air conditioner comprising a compressor, a sensorless DC brushless motor acting as a driving source of the compressor, and an inverter device adapted for driving the brushless motor,
wherein the inverter device comprises: -
an inverter circuit for switching a direct-current voltage obtained from a direct-current power source and supplying an alternating-current current of a sinusoidal wave to the sensorless DC brushless motor; and current detecting means for detecting a power supply current between the direct-current power source and the inverter circuit, wherein the sensorless DC brushless motor includes stator windings of a three-phase wiring (U, V, W) electrically connected to the inverter circuit and a magnet rotor, and the current detecting means is a single current detecting means which is used also for detecting the current flowing in the stator windings, and by detecting the current flowing in the stator windings as well as detecting the power supply current, a rotational position of the magnet rotor is judged to thereby control the switching of the inverter circuit, wherein the inverter device switches the direct-current voltage from the direct-current power source by three-phase modulation and, within a carrier period of the three-phase modulation, equally adds or subtracts a current feeding time in a current feeding period in each phase of the stator windings. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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