Motor driving circuit, motor driving system, electric power steering system, electric brake system, and vehicle driving system
First Claim
1. A motor driving circuit for driving a motor comprising:
- a first driver circuit for driving a driver circuit which supplies a drive current corresponding to one phase of a multiphase motor having three or more phases, to the multiphase motor; and
electrical circuits which includes a plurality of electrical components and switches a connecting relation between the electrical components according to an operation mode designated from outside the motor driving circuit, the electrical circuits providing a circuit function corresponding to the operation mode, wherein the electrical circuitsincludes an oscillation circuit which outputs an oscillation signal, a voltage-dividing resistor configured to switch a voltage division ratio, an arithmetic unit which compares a voltage divided by the voltage-dividing resistor with a predetermined reference voltage, a comparison circuit which compares a result of the comparison by the arithmetic unit with the output from the oscillation circuit, and a switching element which turns ON/OFF according to an output from the comparison circuit, andswitches whether to use the output from the oscillation circuit or not, according to the operation mode, and provides at least one of a switching regulator function and a linear regulator function as the circuit function corresponding to the operation mode, whereinthe motor driving circuit supplies a drive current corresponding to each phase of the multiphase motor, to the multiphase motor, andat least one circuit functions provided by the electrical circuits provided in one of the motor driving circuits is configured to be different from a circuit function provided by the electrical circuits provided in another of the motor driving circuit.
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Abstract
In order to provide a motor driving circuit in which a portion corresponding to a failed phase can be separated while miniaturization and lower costs are achieved, a motor driving circuit for driving a motor includes: a second driver circuit for driving a driver circuit which supplies a drive current corresponding to one phase of a multiphase motor having three or more phases, to the multiphase motor; and an electrical circuit which includes a plurality of electrical components and switches a connecting relation between the electrical components according to an operation mode designated from outside the motor driving circuit, thereby providing a circuit function corresponding to the operation mode.
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10 Claims
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1. A motor driving circuit for driving a motor comprising:
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a first driver circuit for driving a driver circuit which supplies a drive current corresponding to one phase of a multiphase motor having three or more phases, to the multiphase motor; and electrical circuits which includes a plurality of electrical components and switches a connecting relation between the electrical components according to an operation mode designated from outside the motor driving circuit, the electrical circuits providing a circuit function corresponding to the operation mode, wherein the electrical circuits includes an oscillation circuit which outputs an oscillation signal, a voltage-dividing resistor configured to switch a voltage division ratio, an arithmetic unit which compares a voltage divided by the voltage-dividing resistor with a predetermined reference voltage, a comparison circuit which compares a result of the comparison by the arithmetic unit with the output from the oscillation circuit, and a switching element which turns ON/OFF according to an output from the comparison circuit, and switches whether to use the output from the oscillation circuit or not, according to the operation mode, and provides at least one of a switching regulator function and a linear regulator function as the circuit function corresponding to the operation mode, wherein the motor driving circuit supplies a drive current corresponding to each phase of the multiphase motor, to the multiphase motor, and at least one circuit functions provided by the electrical circuits provided in one of the motor driving circuits is configured to be different from a circuit function provided by the electrical circuits provided in another of the motor driving circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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