Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyo Jea Shin

Pyeong Ki Park

Hyun Chang Cho

Sung In Park

Seon Gu Lee

Koji Hamaoka

Jeong Ho Seo

Ho Hyun Ryu

Takeda Yoshihiko

A motor driving apparatus and a refrigerator using the same is provided. The refrigerator may include a compressor, a motor, a driving unit, temperature sensing units sensing the temperatures of storage chambers and an external temperature, and a control unit selecting a driving mode of the driving unit based on the sensing result of the temperature sensing units and controlling the driving unit to drive the motor according to the selected driving mode. In a general operation mode, the control unit controls the driving unit to drive the motor in a 120 degree conduction method, and in a power-saving operation mode, the control unit controls the driving unit to drive the motor in a 90 degree conduction method. The refrigerator increases a pulse width of driving current by converting the conduction method of the motor to drive the motor at a low speed during power-saving operation of the refrigerator.

BLDC motor driving apparatus and refrigerator using the same

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Gwangju, South Korea

Hyo Jea Shin