Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control circuit of brushless direct current motor and method for detecting initial rotor position of brushless direct current motor
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Application No.: US17841699Application Date: 2022-06-16
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Publication No.: US11750123B1Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Ming-Fu Tsai
- Applicant: Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee: Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agent Winston Hsu
- Main IPC: H02P6/06
- IPC: H02P6/06 ; H02P6/182 ; H02P6/20

Abstract:
A control circuit arranged to detect an initial rotor position of a brushless DC motor includes: a voltage integrator circuit, arranged to perform integration upon an input voltage, to generate a plurality of integrated voltages; a PWM generating circuit, arranged to generate and output a plurality of PWM signals to the brushless DC motor through a drive circuit, and stop outputting a PWM signal that is any of the plurality of PWM signals to the brushless DC motor according to an integrated voltage corresponding to the PWM signal; a current receiving circuit, arranged to receive a plurality of feedback currents from the brushless DC motor; a comparison circuit, arranged to perform comparison upon the plurality of feedback currents, to generate a comparison result; and a decision circuit, arranged to detect the initial rotor position according to the comparison result.
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