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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2001
Hideaki Kato, Osaka-fu, JP;
Takashi Ogawa, Osaka-fu, JP;
Tetsuo Nomoto, Osaka-fu, JP;
Yuuichi Izawa, Osaka-fu, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
A motor apparatus, such as a DC brushless motor, is provided for the obtaining a position detection signal by detecting the intersection of the divided voltage of a bus voltage and three phases of the divided voltage of the three phases by a comparator which results in the central position of a flat portion. For the divided voltage for the three phases of the respective positive terminal of the comparator, the comparison voltage obtained by dividing the voltage between the divided voltage for the three phases of the following phase in the order and the divided voltage of the bus voltage is applied to the respective negative terminal. As the comparison voltage is phase shifted, the position can be detected by making a slant position ahead of the flat point of the intersection. When the comparison voltage obtained by dividing the voltage between the divided voltage for the three phases of the preceding phase in the order and the divided voltage of the bus voltage is applied to the respective negative terminal, as the phase is shifted in the opposite direction, the position can be detected by making a slant position near the flat point of the intersection. Thereby, the motor apparatus having an intersection whose position is to be detected, can be detected precisely even when the intersection is a flat crossing and is unclear.