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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1997
Tsunehiro Endo, Narashino, JP;
Seiji Ishida, Funabashi, JP;
Kenji Nandoh, Matsudo, JP;
Tadao Shimotsu, Sakura, JP;
Hiroyuki Benya, Narashino, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inverter apparatus includes a basic control section including a main circuit which includes an inverter, and a control unit which controls the main circuit. The inverter apparatus also includes an I/O block which is connected to the basic control section, and is selected from a plurality of different types of I/O blocks. The I/O block includes an input/output interface. The input/output interface includes a signal connection terminal which transmits an input/output signal to/from the control unit. Operation management specifications of the main circuit are fixed independently of operation management specifications of the input/output interface. Operation specifications of the inverter apparatus change depending on the operation management specifications of the input/output interface, and are determined by the type of the I/O block which is connected to the basic control section, such that connecting the different types of I/O blocks to the basic control section causes the inverter apparatus to have different operation specifications.