Motor speed control circuit

• US 7,949,234 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2008
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries LLC (ON Semiconductor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Semiconductor Company Limited (ON Semiconductor Corporation), Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Harashima, Takashi, Ogino, Koichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): COLON SANTANA, EDUARDO
• Application Number:
  US12/136,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20080317445A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,078 Days
• Field of Search: 318/700, 318/400.01, 318/400.03, 318/400.06, 318/779, 318/798, 318/799, 318/805, 318/807, 318/810, 318/811, 318/471, 388/809, 388/811, 388/816, 388/819, 388/822, 388/829, 388/934, 388/815
• US Class Current: 388/815
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 7/29 using pulse modulation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 388/934 Thermal condition

Abstract

A motor speed control circuit includes: a voltage generating circuit configured to change either a reference voltage corresponding to a target rotation speed of a motor or a speed voltage corresponding to a rotation speed of the motor, according to a temperature, and output the reference voltage and the speed voltage, either one of which is changed; a comparison circuit configured to compare the speed voltage output from the voltage generating circuit with the reference voltage output from the voltage generating circuit; and a driving circuit configured to drive the motor so as to match a level of the speed voltage to a level of the reference voltage, based on a comparison result from the comparison circuit.

Claims

1. A motor speed control circuit comprising:

a reference voltage circuit configured to output a reference voltage corresponding to a target rotation speed of a motor and a temperature, based on a speed control signal corresponding to the target rotation speed and a temperature signal corresponding to the temperature;

a comparison circuit configured to compare a speed voltage corresponding to a rotation speed of the motor with the reference voltage; and

a driving circuit configured to drive the motor so as to match a level of the speed voltage to a level of the reference voltage, based on a comparison result from the comparison circuit,

the reference voltage circuit outputting the reference voltage at a predetermined level independent of the temperature signal when the speed control signal for minimizing the corresponding to a minimum target rotation speed of the motor is input.

2. A motor speed control circuit comprising:

a first current generating circuit configured to generate a first current corresponding to a target rotation speed of a motor based on a speed control signal corresponding to the target rotation speed;

a second current generating circuit configured to generate a second current corresponding to a temperature based on a temperature signal corresponding to the temperature;

a third current generating circuit configured to generate a third current corresponding to a product of the first current and the second current;

a current-to-voltage conversion circuit configured to convert the third current to a reference voltage;

a comparison circuit configured to compare a speed voltage corresponding to a rotation speed of the motor with the reference voltage; and

a driving circuit configured to drive the motor so as to match a level of the speed voltage to a level of the reference voltage, based on a comparison result from the comparison circuit.

3. The motor speed control circuit of claim 2, wherein

the first current generating circuit is further configured to set the first current to zero when the speed control signal for minimizing the target rotation speed of the motor is input.

4. The motor speed control circuit of claim 3, wherein

the temperature signal is a voltage signal generated on a thermistor whose resistance value changes according to the temperature, and wherein

the second current generating circuit comprises:

a voltage output circuit configured to output a temperature voltage corresponding to the resistance value; and

a first transistor configured to output the second current as a result of application of the temperature voltage to a control electrode.

5. The motor speed control circuit of claim 4, wherein

the voltage output circuit comprises:

a second transistor whose control electrode is to be applied with a voltage at a predetermined level, and whose one electrode out of two electrodes different from the control electrode is connected to the thermistor, the one electrode being an electrode for controlling a conduction state together with the control electrode, the second transistor being configured to generate a temperature current corresponding to the resistance value; and

a current-to-voltage conversion element configured to generate the temperature voltage corresponding to the temperature current.

6. The motor speed control circuit of claim 2, wherein

the temperature signal is a voltage signal generated on a thermistor whose resistance value changes according to the temperature, and wherein

the second current generating circuit comprises:

a voltage output circuit configured to output a temperature voltage corresponding to the resistance value; and

a first transistor configured to output the second current as a result of application of the temperature voltage to a control electrode.

7. The motor speed control circuit of claim 6, wherein

the voltage output circuit comprises:

a second transistor whose control electrode is to be applied with a voltage at a predetermined level, and whose one electrode out of two electrodes different from the control electrode is connected to the thermistor, the one electrode being an electrode for controlling a conduction state together with the control electrode, the second transistor being configured to generate a temperature current corresponding to the resistance value; and

a current-to-voltage conversion element configured to generate the temperature voltage corresponding to the temperature current.

8. A motor speed control circuit comprising:

a speed voltage circuit configured to output a speed voltage corresponding to a rotation speed of a motor and a temperature, based on a speed signal corresponding to the rotation speed and a temperature signal corresponding to the temperature;

a comparison circuit configured to compare a reference voltage corresponding to a target rotation speed of the motor with the speed voltage; and

a driving circuit configured to drive the motor so as to match a level of the speed voltage to a level of the reference voltage, based on a comparison result from the comparison circuit,

wherein the speed voltage circuit is further configured to output the speed voltage corresponding to a product of the rotation speed and the temperature, based on the speed signal and the temperature signal.

9. The motor speed control circuit of claim 8, wherein

the speed signal is a pulse signal whose period changes according to a rotation speed of the motor, and wherein

the speed voltage circuit comprises:

a temperature current generating circuit configured to generate a temperature current corresponding to the temperature signal; and

a speed voltage output circuit configured to output the speed voltage corresponding to a product of the period of the pulse signal and an amount of the temperature current.

10. The motor speed control circuit of claim 9, wherein

the speed voltage is a voltage corresponding to a charging voltage of a capacitor supplied with the temperature current, and wherein

the speed voltage output circuit comprises a discharging circuit configured to discharge the capacitor at an interval corresponding to the period so as to set the charging voltage to a voltage corresponding to a product of the period of the pulse signal and the amount of the temperature current.

11. The motor speed control circuit of claim 10, wherein

the temperature signal is a voltage signal generated on a thermistor whose resistance value changes according to the temperature, and wherein

the temperature current generating circuit comprises:

a temperature voltage output circuit configured to output a temperature voltage corresponding to the resistance value; and

a transistor configured to output the temperature current as a result of application of the temperature voltage to a control electrode.

12. The motor speed control circuit of claim 9, wherein

the temperature signal is a voltage signal generated on a thermistor whose resistance value changes according to the temperature, and wherein

the temperature current generating circuit comprises:

a temperature voltage output circuit configured to output a temperature voltage corresponding to the resistance value; and

a transistor configured to output the temperature current as a result of application of the temperature voltage to a control electrode.