发明名称 Fan motor power supply
摘要 A fan having one fan blade; a fan motor for rotating the fan blade; a motor control electrically coupled with the fan motor for controlling operational characteristics of the fan motor; and a power supply having a step-down high efficiency buck converter, a step-down low drop-out linear regulator, and/or a step-down switching regulator are described. The power supply may receive a first input voltage and lower the first input voltage to a second lower voltage. The fan motor is electrically coupled to be driven by the first input voltage and the motor control is electrically coupled to operate using the second lower voltage from the power supply. The motor control may include a microcontroller, level shifters electrically coupled to the microcontroller, and drivers electrically coupled to the level shifters and configured to drive the fan motor.
申请公布号 US9531308(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.12.27
申请号 US201514755996 申请日期 2015.06.30
申请人 Nidec Motor Company 发明人 Peterson Gregory A.;Kolmos Keith M.;Schaefer Carolyn S.;Bozic Mile;Lass David E.;Taylor William J.
分类号 H02P27/00;H02P6/14;F04D25/08;F04D27/00;H02P27/06 主分类号 H02P27/00
代理机构 Hovey Williams LLP 代理人 Hovey Williams LLP
主权项 1. A fan comprising: at least one fan blade; a fan motor configured to rotate the fan blade; a motor control comprising a microcontroller, level shifters electrically coupled to the microcontroller, and drivers electrically coupled to the level shifters and configured to drive the fan motor; and a power supply comprising a step-down high efficiency buck converter and a step-down low drop-out linear voltage regulator, wherein the drivers are configured to receive a first input voltage for driving the fan motor, wherein the step-down high efficiency buck converter is configured to receive the first input voltage and to decrease the first input voltage to a second lower voltage, wherein the step-down high efficiency buck converter is configured to output the second lower voltage to the level shifters and to the step down low drop-out linear voltage regulator, wherein the step-down low drop-out linear voltage regulator is configured for receiving the second lower voltage from the step-down high efficiency buck converter and outputting a third lowest voltage which is lower than the second lower voltage, wherein the step down low drop-out linear voltage regulator is electrically coupled to the microcontroller and the third lowest voltage drives the microcontroller, wherein the first input voltage is in a range of 12V to 24V, wherein the second lower voltage is in a range of 4V to 7V, wherein the third lowest voltage is in a range of 3V to 4V.
地址 St. Louis MO US