RC oscillator, motor-driven integrated circuit, and motor device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10483948-B2
Application number	US-201715803180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2017
Priority date	Nov 4, 2016
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

A RC oscillator comprises a resistor unit. The resistor unit can comprise at least one set of compensation resistor. Each set of compensation resistor comprises a positive temperature coefficient resistor and a negative temperature coefficient resistor coupled in series with the positive temperature coefficient resistor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor driving integrated circuit, comprising:
a RC oscillator including a resistor unit having at least one set of compensation resistor, wherein each set of compensation resistor comprises a positive temperature coefficient resistor and a negative temperature coefficient resistor coupled in series with the positive temperature coefficient resistor; and
wherein during a power-on period of the motor driving integrated circuit, a frequency of a system clock signal output by the RC oscillator is one quarter of a highest frequency of the system clock signal.

2. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the RC oscillator comprises a plurality of sets of compensation resistor.

3. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of sets of compensation resistor are coupled in series, each of or some of plurality of sets of compensation resistor are coupled with a selection switch in parallel.

4. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of sets compensation resistor are disposed in a plurality of parallel branches, each of or some of plurality of parallel branches are coupled with a selection switch in series.

5. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the positive temperature coefficient resistor is made of at least one of N+ diff w/o silicide, P+ poly w/i silicide, P+ diff w/o silicide, P+ diff w/i silicide, N+ poly w/i silicide, N+ diff w/i silicide.

6. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the negative temperature coefficient resistor is made of at least one of P+ poly w/o silicide and N+ poly w/o silicide.

7. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the positive temperature coefficient resistor is made of N+ diff w/o silicide and the negative temperature coefficient resistor is made of N+ poly w/o silicide.

8. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 7 , wherein an absolute value of a linear temperature coefficient of the positive temperature coefficient resistor is larger than an absolute value of a linear temperature coefficient of the negative temperature coefficient resistor.

9. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 8 , wherein a ratio of the absolute value of the positive temperature coefficient resistor and the negative temperature coefficient resistor is less than ten.

10. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 8 , wherein second order temperature coefficients of the positive and negative temperature coefficient resistors are less than 1E-6/° C.

11. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 , further comprising a capacitor is coupled with the resistor unit in series, wherein the capacitor is a metal insulator metal capacitor.

12. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 wherein a highest frequency of a system clock signal output by the RC oscillator is larger than 50 MHz.

13. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein a highest frequency of a system clock signal output by the RC oscillator is not less than 80 MHz.

14. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein during a power-on period of the motor driving integrated circuit, a frequency of the system clock signal is 20 MHz-30 MHz.

15. A motor device, comprising a motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 .

16. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a multiple-time programmable memory storing a motor driving program;
a memory having a capacity larger than or equal to a capacity of the multiple-time programmable memory; and
a central processing unit; wherein when the motor driving integrated circuit is powered or reset, a boot loader is performed and the motor driven program is copied to the memory by the central processing unit from the multiple-time programmable memory, and the motor driving program is performed by the central processing unit from the memory.

17. The motor driving integrated circuit of claim 16 , further comprising:
a plurality of position comparators, each of the plurality of position comparators receiving a pole detection signal denoting a position of a rotor of a motor;
a timer receiving a timing interrupt signal output by the plurality of position comparators when a predetermined edge of the pole detection signal generated and recording a time of the predetermined edge;
a logic selection circuit coupled between the plurality of position comparators and the timer, the logic selection circuit selecting two adjacent edges of the pole detection signal and controlling the timer to start; and
the central processing unit obtaining a rotation speed of the motor according to a time difference between two adjacent edges selected by the logic selection circuit.

Assignees

• Johnson Electric Sa
• Johnson Electric Int Ag

Inventors

• Sun Chiping
• Wong Ken
• Guo Huimin
• Lai Yat Tung
• Huang Shujuan

Classifications

• H03B5/1262 Primary

  the means comprising switched elements · CPC title

• H03K3/011 Primary

  Modifications of generator to compensate for variations in physical values, e.g. voltage, temperature {(to maintain energy constant H03K3/015)} · CPC title

• H03K3/0231

  Astable circuits {(H03K3/0315 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H02P6/17

  and for generating speed information · CPC title

• H03K4/501

  the starting point of the flyback period being determined by the amplitude of the voltage across the capacitor, e.g. by a comparator · CPC title