PHASE DETECTOR, MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLER, MOTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DETECTING PHASE OF ROTOR

摘要

A phase detector includes a crossing-point phase detection circuit to compare signals levels of pairs of sensor signals and output crossing-point phase detection signals indicating phases of crossing points between the pairs of the sensor signals, each having a signal level corresponding to a rotational position of a rotor of a motor having coils, a crossing-point level detection circuit to output crossing-point level signals indicating crossing-point levels detected, a signal selection circuit to select one of the sensor signals as a selection signal, a phase detection circuit to detect that a signal level of the selection signal has reached a threshold level, and output a phase data signal indicating a phase of the rotor corresponding to the threshold level, and an in-phase level adjustment circuit to adjust and output in-phase levels of the sensor signals to approach each of the crossing-point levels to a predetermined signal level.

主权项

1. A phase detector, comprising:
a crossing-point phase detection circuit to compare signal levels of respective pairs of multiple sensor signals and output crossing-point phase detection signals indicating phases of crossing points between the respective pairs of the sensor signals, each of the sensor signals having a signal level corresponding to a rotational position of a rotor of a motor having multiple coils; a crossing-point level detection circuit to detect crossing-point levels indicating signal levels of the crossing points between the respective pairs of the sensor signals and output multiple crossing-point level signals indicating the crossing-point levels detected; a signal selection circuit to select one of the sensor signals as a selection signal; a phase detection circuit to detect that a signal level of the selection signal has reached a threshold level, and output a phase data signal indicating a phase of the rotor corresponding to the threshold level which the signal level has reached; and an in-phase level adjustment circuit to adjust and output in-phase levels of the sensor signals to approach each of the crossing-point levels to a predetermined signal level.