Driving apparatus and motor

• US 9,030,146 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2013
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Suzuki, Toshiya, Sano, Shinsuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Ip, Paul
• Application Number:
  US13/950,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20140028236A1
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 318/503, 318/254, 318/561, 318/432, 417/2, 417/44.11
• US Class Current: 318/503
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 23/00 Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by a control method other than vector control
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/182 using back-emf in windings
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/187 using the star point voltage

Abstract

A digital filter is configured to convert, into a digital value, the duty ratio of a control signal subjected to pulse width modulation according to a target toque to be set for a fan motor to be driven. A sampling circuit is configured to perform sampling of the output value of the digital filter at a sampling timing that is asynchronous with respect to the cycle of the control signal, so as to generate a torque instruction value. A driving circuit is configured to drive the fan motor according to the torque instruction value thus generated.

Claims

1. A driving apparatus for a fan motor, comprising:

a digital filter configured to convert, into a digital value, a duty ratio of a control signal which is pulse width modulated according to a target torque to be set for a fan motor to be driven;

a sampling circuit configured to perform sampling of an output value of the digital filter at a sampling timing that is asynchronous with respect to a cycle of the control signal, so as to generate a torque instruction value; and

a driving circuit configured to drive the fan motor according to the torque instruction value.

2. The driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a timing at which the sampling circuit updates the torque instruction value corresponds to a zero-crossing point of the fan motor.

3. The driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the sampling circuit performs sampling of the output value of the digital filter, the sampling circuit immediately updates the torque instruction value.

4. The driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sampling circuit is configured to perform sampling of the output value of the digital filter according to a zero-crossing point of the fan motor, so as to update the torque instruction value.

5. The driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sampling circuit is configured to perform sampling of the output value of the digital filter for every predetermined electrical angle of the rotation of the fan motor, so as to update the torque instruction value.

6. The driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sampling timing at which the output value of the digital filter is sampled differs from an update timing at which the torque instruction value is updated.

7. The driving apparatus according to claim 1, configured such that it is monolithically integrated on a single semiconductor substrate.

8. A cooling apparatus comprising:

a fan motor; and

the motor driving apparatus according to claim 1, configured to drive the fan motor.

9. An electronic device comprising the cooling apparatus according to claim 8.

10. A driving method for a fan motor, the driving method comprises:

generating a control signal which is pulse width modulated according to a target torque to be set for the fan motor;

smoothing the control signal by means of a digital filter;

sampling an output value of the digital filter at a sampling timing that is asynchronous with respect to a cycle of the control signal, so as to generate a torque instruction value; and

driving the fan motor according to the torque instruction value.

11. The driving method according to claim 10, wherein a timing at which the torque instruction value is updated corresponds to a zero-crossing point of the fan motor.

12. The driving method according to claim 10, wherein, when the output value of the digital filter is sampled, the torque instruction value is immediately updated.

13. The driving method according to claim 10, wherein the output value of the digital filter is sampled according to a zero-crossing point of the fan motor, so as to update the torque instruction value.

14. The driving method according to claim 10, wherein the output value of the digital filter is sampled for every predetermined electrical angle of the rotation of the fan motor, so as to update the torque instruction value.