Power supply circuit and motor control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11413971-B2
Application number	US-201916664999-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2019
Priority date	Nov 2, 2018
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

Provided are a power supply circuit and a motor control device configured to suppress complexity in management of the power supply circuit. A switching unit acquires identification information that is information corresponding to a type of a torque sensor. Based on the acquired identification information, the switching unit outputs either a reference voltage or a power supply voltage as a standard voltage. A voltage application unit applies to the torque sensor an operation voltage in accordance with a type of the torque sensor based on the power supply voltage or the reference voltage that is the standard voltage of the voltage application unit and that is applied by the switching unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply circuit comprising:
a voltage application unit configured to apply an operation voltage based on a standard voltage to a sensor, of a plurality of sensors, that outputs an output value based on a detected state quantity;
a switching unit configured to switch the standard voltage of the voltage application unit so that the standard voltage becomes a voltage required to operate the sensor in accordance with a type of the sensor; and
a first standard voltage generation circuit configured to generate a first standard voltage, wherein:
one of the sensors is a first sensor configured to output a voltage based on the detected state quantity to a control device connected to the power supply circuit; and
the switching unit is configured to select, as the standard voltage of the voltage application unit, the first standard voltage that is generated by the first standard voltage generation circuit and having the same potential as a power supply voltage of the control device that is generated from a battery voltage, when the voltage application unit applies an operation voltage to the first sensor.

2. The power supply circuit according to claim 1 , the power supply circuit connected to the control device and further comprising:
a second standard voltage generation circuit configured to generate a second standard voltage, wherein:
one of the sensors is a second sensor configured to output the detected state quantity as a digital value; and
the switching unit is configured to select, as the standard voltage of the voltage application unit, the second standard voltage generated from the battery voltage generated by the second standard voltage generation circuit, when the voltage application unit applies an operation voltage to the second sensor.

3. A motor control device including the power supply circuit according to claim 1 and a control device connected to the power supply circuit, wherein:
when a start switch of a vehicle is turned on, power is supplied from a battery to the control device;
the control device is configured to store identification information corresponding to the type of the sensor and control driving of a motor;
the control device is configured to output the identification information corresponding to the type of the sensor connected to the power supply circuit to the switching unit when the start switch is turned on; and
the switching unit is configured to switch the standard voltage of the voltage application unit based on the identification information.

4. A motor control device including the power supply circuit according to claim 1 and a control device connected to the power supply circuit, wherein:
when a start switch of a vehicle is turned on, power is supplied from a battery to the control device;
the control device is configured to store identification information corresponding to the type of the sensor and control driving of a motor;
the power supply circuit includes a terminal unit configured to output to the switching unit an identification state for identifying the type of the sensor; and
the switching unit is configured to switch the standard voltage of the voltage application unit based on the identification state.

Assignees

• Jtekt Corp

Inventors

• Kozuka Kenichi
• Oda Masato

Classifications

• H02M3/1588

  comprising at least one synchronous rectifier element (H02M3/1582, H02M3/1584 take precedence) · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• B60L50/51

  characterised by AC-motors · CPC title

• B60L15/2045 Primary

  for optimising the use of energy · CPC title

• Y02T10/72

  Electric energy management in electromobility · CPC title