Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yoshiya Nishimaki

Yuichi Takeda

Yasuyuki Yamada

Disclosed herein is an air conditioner including: a rectifier including a plurality of capacitors connected in series to each other, a switching device configured to control a flow of current supplied to the respective capacitors to charge or discharge the plurality of capacitors, a voltage detector configured to detect an output voltage of the plurality of capacitors, and a current detector configured to detect the current; and an inverter configured to generate alternating current by receiving an output voltage of the rectifier.

Air conditioner and rectifier

An aspect of the disclosed invention calculates a value of an inductance of a synchronous motor whose characteristic is unclear while suppressing a failure of the synchronous motor. A motor driving device according to an embodiment of the disclosed invention comprises: a motor; an inverter for supplying an alternating voltage to the motor; a current meter for measuring an introduced current flowing through the motor on the basis of the alternating voltage; and a control unit for controlling the inverter to change the size of the alternating voltage in stages, and calculating an inductance of the motor on the basis of the introduced current measured by the current meter.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yoshiya Nishimaki