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Brushless motor driving circuit

Assignee: Nidec Instruments Corp
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Filing: 1989-09-28
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Granted: 1991-08-20
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Expires: 2009-09-28
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Abstract

Abstract A brushless motor driving circuit includes a capacitor connected to an output terminal of a current feedback amplifier of the driving circuit to reduce electrical and mechanical noises.

Inventors

  • 👤 Izumi Komatsu

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 19:05
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; H02K29/08; H02P; H02P6/00; H02P6/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 183 words
A driving circuit for a brushless motor having driving coils wound on a core opposed to a rotor magnet comprising: magnetosensitive elements for detecting the rotating position of said motor by detecting the magnetic poles of said rotor magnet; driving transistors for feeding power to said driving coils of said motor; a current feedback amplifier responsive to a current detection signal obtained by detecting a current flowing in said coils and a speed signal indicative of the rotation speed of said motor and producing at an output terminal a control signal to control the amount of the current flowing in said coils; a control circuit responsive to output signals of said magnetosensitive elements and the output of said current feedback amplifier and connected to drive said driving transistors; and first capacitor means connected between said output terminal of said current feedback amplifier and a point of constant potential, whereas the first capacitor means has a value chosen for performing the function of capacitors normally connected to said driving coils to prevent inductive transients from said driving coils from passing to said control circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 183 words
A driving circuit for a brushless motor having driving coils wound on a core opposed to a rotor magnet comprising: magnetosensitive elements for detecting the rotating position of said motor by detecting the magnetic poles of said rotor magnet; driving transistors for feeding power to said driving coils of said motor; a current feedback amplifier responsive to a current detection signal obtained by detecting a current flowing in said coils and a speed signal indicative of the rotation speed of said motor and producing at an output terminal a control signal to control the amount of the current flowing in said coils; a control circuit responsive to output signals of said magnetosensitive elements and the output of said current feedback amplifier and connected to drive said driving transistors; and first capacitor means connected between said output terminal of said current feedback amplifier and a point of constant potential, whereas the first capacitor means has a value chosen for performing the function of capacitors normally connected to said driving coils to prevent inductive transients from said driving coils from passing to said control circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 27 words
The brushless motor driving circuit according to claim 1 wherein said capacitor is connected between said output terminal of said current feedback amplifier and a grounding terminal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
The brushless motor driving circuit according to claim 1 wherein said first capacitor means is connected between said output terminal of said current feedback amplifier and a stabilized voltage terminal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 28 words
The brushless motor driving circuit of claim 1 wherein said first capacitor means includes a capacitor having a value in the range of 0.1 microfarad to 10 microfarads.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 42 words
The brushless motor driving circuit according to claim 1 including second capacitor means connected to each of said coils and characterized by capacitance values providing negligible suppression of said inductive transients compared with the transients suppression provided by said first capacitor means.

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