Motor driving circuit

• US 8,405,334 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT, TiMOTION Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: TiMOTION Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tseng, Kuan-Shu
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Kawing
• Application Number:
  US12/900,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20120086370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 318/400.01, 318/400.26, 318/700
• US Class Current: 318/400.26
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/018 Control or drive mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 3/025 holding the rotor in a fixed position after deceleration

Abstract

A motor driving circuit is applied to a motor unit, a pushrod unit, and a load unit. The motor unit is driven by the motor driving circuit. The pushrod unit is driven by the motor unit to lengthen or shorten. The load unit is pushed by the pushrod unit. A relay unit of the motor driving circuit is provided to brake the motor unit, thus raising the self-locking force of the motor unit when the pushrod unit lengthens to the maximum length or shortens to the minimum length, or the power supply is cut off.

Claims

1. A motor driving circuit, comprising:

a relay unit having a first pin, a second pin, a third pin, a fourth pin, and a fifth pin;

the first pin electrically connected to a first motor contact, the second pin electrically connected to a first power contact, and the third pin electrically connected to a second motor contact; and

the first pin electrically connected to the second pin when currents flowing through the fifth pin and the fourth pin, and the first pin electrically connected to the third pin when no current flowing through the fifth pin and the fourth pin;

a first diode unit having an anode and a cathode, and the anode of the first diode unit electrically connected to the first power contact and the cathode of the first diode unit electrically connected to the fifth pin;

a second diode unit having an anode and a cathode, and the anode of the second diode unit electrically connected to a second power contact and the cathode of the second diode unit electrically connected to the fifth pin;

a fourth diode unit having an anode and a cathode, and the anode of the fourth diode unit electrically connected to the fourth pin and the cathode of the fourth diode unit electrically connected to the first power contact;

a fifth diode unit having an anode and a cathode, and the anode of the fifth diode unit electrically connected to the fourth pin and the cathode of the fifth diode unit electrically connected to the second power contact;

a sixth diode unit having an anode and a cathode, and the anode of the sixth diode unit electrically connected to the first power contact;

a eighth diode unit having an anode and a cathode, and the anode of the eighth diode unit electrically connected to the second power contact;

a first transistor unit having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, and the first terminal of the first transistor unit electrically connected to the second motor contact, the second terminal of the first transistor unit electrically connected to the cathode of the sixth diode unit, and the third terminal of the first transistor unit electrically connected to the second power contact.

2. The motor driving circuit in claim 1, further comprising a second transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, and the first terminal of the second transistor electrically connected to the first power contact and the third terminal of the second transistor electrically connected to the second pin.

3. The motor driving circuit in claim 1, further comprising a third diode unit having an anode and a cathode, and the anode of the third diode unit electrically connected to the fourth pin and the cathode of the third diode unit electrically connected to the fifth pin.

4. The motor driving circuit in claim 3, further comprising a first switch unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the first switch unit electrically connected to the first power contact and the other terminal of the first switch unit electrically connected to the anode of the first diode unit and the anode of the sixth diode unit.

5. The motor driving circuit in claim 4, further comprising a second switch unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the second switch unit electrically connected to the second power contact and the other terminal of the second switch unit electrically connected to the anode of the second diode unit and the anode of the eighth diode unit.

6. The motor driving circuit in claim 5, further comprising:

a first resistor unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the first resistor unit electrically connected to the third pin and the other terminal of the first resistor unit electrically connected to the second motor contact;

a second resistor unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the second resistor unit electrically connected to the cathode of the sixth diode unit and the other terminal of the second resistor unit electrically connected to the second terminal of the first transistor unit;

a third resistor unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the third resistor unit electrically connected to the second terminal of the first transistor unit and the other terminal of the third resistor unit electrically connected to the fourth pin;

a fourth resistor unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the fourth resistor unit electrically connected to the first motor contact and the other terminal of the fourth resistor unit electrically connected to the second motor contact;

a fifth resistor unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the fifth resistor unit electrically connected to the cathode of the eighth diode unit and the other terminal of the fifth resistor unit electrically connected to the second terminal of the second transistor unit; and

a sixth resistor unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the sixth resistor unit electrically connected to the second terminal of the second transistor unit and the other terminal of the sixth resistor unit electrically connected to the anode of the fifth diode unit.

7. The motor driving circuit in claim 6, further comprising:

a first varistor unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the first varistor unit electrically connected to the first motor contact and the other terminal of the first varistor unit electrically connected to the second motor contact;

a second varistor unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the second varistor unit electrically connected to the second motor contact and the other terminal of the second varistor unit electrically connected to the second power contact; and

a third varistor unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the third varistor unit electrically connected to the second motor contact and the other terminal of the third varistor unit electrically connected to the second pin.

8. The motor driving circuit in claim 7, further comprising:

a first fuse unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the first fuse unit electrically connected to the first power contact and the other terminal of the first fuse unit electrically connected to the first terminal of the second transistor unit; and

a second fuse unit having two terminals, and one terminal of the second fuse unit electrically connected to the first power contact and the other terminal of the second fuse unit electrically connected to the first terminal of the second transistor unit.

9. The motor driving circuit in claim 8, wherein the first transistor unit is a power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and the second transistor unit is a power MOSFET.

10. The motor driving circuit in claim 9, wherein the first varistor unit is a metal oxide varistor (MOV), the second varistor unit is a MOV, and the third varistor is a MOV.