Displacement detection circuit of maglev rotor system and displacement self-sensing system thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11863033-B2
Application number	US-202017995953-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2020
Priority date	Apr 10, 2020
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a displacement detection circuit of a maglev rotor system and a displacement self-sensing system thereof. The displacement detection circuit comprises a current sampling circuit ( 10 ) configured to collect a current flowing through a corresponding coil ( 4 ); coils ( 4 ), which are coils ( 4 ) distributed in series in the maglev rotor system; Hall sensors ( 20 ), the Hall sensors ( 20 ) being arranged in an upper auxiliary air gap ( 8 ) and a lower auxiliary air gap ( 8 ) of the maglev rotor system, and sensing surfaces of the Hall sensors ( 20 ) being perpendicular to magnetic field directions in the corresponding auxiliary air gaps ( 8 ); a Hall signal processing circuit ( 30 ) connected to the Hall sensors ( 20 ) and configured to differentiate a Hall sensing signal corresponding to the upper auxiliary air gap ( 8 ) and a Hall sensing signal corresponding to the lower auxiliary air gap ( 8 ); and a displacement signal resolving circuit ( 40 ) connected to the current sampling circuit ( 10 ) and the Hall signal processing circuit ( 30 ) respectively and configured to acquire a displacement of a rotor in the maglev rotor system according to the current and a differentiation result. By using the detection circuit and the displacement self-sensing system thereof, the axial size of the rotor is reduced, such that detection and control are coplanar, and high precision and simple design are realized.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A displacement detection circuit of a maglev rotor system, comprising:
a current sampling circuit configured to collect a current flowing through corresponding coils, wherein the coils comprise coils distributed in series in the maglev rotor system;
Hall sensors, wherein the Hall sensors are arranged in an upper auxiliary air gap and a lower auxiliary air gap of the maglev rotor system, and wherein sensing surfaces of the Hall sensors are perpendicular to magnetic field directions in the corresponding auxiliary air gaps;
a Hall signal processing circuit connected to the Hall sensors and configured to perform differential processing on a Hall sensing signal corresponding to the upper auxiliary air gap and a Hall sensing signal corresponding to the lower auxiliary air gap; and
a displacement signal resolving circuit connected to the current sampling circuit and the Hall signal processing circuit, respectively, wherein the displacement signal resolving circuit is configured to acquire a displacement of a rotor in the maglev rotor system based on the current and a result of the differential processing.

2. The displacement detection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the current sampling circuit comprises:
a first amplifying circuit, wherein the first amplifying circuit is configured to amplify the current flowing through a sampling resistor.

3. The displacement detection circuit according to claim 2 , wherein an amplification factor of the first amplifying circuit satisfies the following formula:
a= 2μ 0 N (4 A 2 h 1 +2 A 1 h 2 ),

wherein a is the amplification factor of the first amplifying circuit, wherein to is a permeability of vacuum, wherein N is a number of turns of one of the coils, and when the rotor in the maglev rotor system is located in a balanced position, a primary air gap has a width of h 1 and a surface area of A 1 , and the auxiliary air gap has a width of h 2 and a surface area of A 2 .

4. The displacement detection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the Hall signal processing circuit comprises:
two amplifying branches and a differential circuit, wherein the amplifying branches are connected to the corresponding Hall sensors; and
each of the amplifying branches comprises a second amplifying circuit, wherein the second amplifying circuits in the amplifying branches are connected to the corresponding Hall sensing signals of the corresponding auxiliary air gaps, and wherein output ends of the second amplifying circuits in the two amplifying branches are both connected to the differential circuit.

5. The displacement detection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the displacement signal resolving circuit comprises:
a division circuit and a square rooting circuit, wherein the division circuit is connected to the square rooting circuit, wherein the division circuit is configured to divide an output signal of the current sampling circuit and an output signal of the Hall signal processing circuit, and wherein the square rooting circuit is configured to perform offset adjustment and square rooting functions on an output signal of the division circuit.

6. The displacement detection circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the square rooting circuit comprises:
an offset adjustment circuit and a square-rooting circuit, wherein the offset adjustment circuit is connected to the square-rooting circuit, wherein the offset adjustment circuit is configured to superimpose an offset adjustment value on the output signal of the division circuit according to a reference signal, and wherein the square-rooting circuit is configured to perform square root functions on an output signal of the offset adjustment circuit.

7. The displacement detection circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the offset adjustment value corresponding to the offset adjustment circuit satisfies the following formula:
b =(2 A 2 h 1 +A 1 h 2 ) 2 ,
wherein b is the offset adjustment value corresponding to the offset adjustment circuit, and when the rotor in the maglev rotor system is located in a balanced position, a primary air gap has a width of h 1 and a surface area of A 1 , and the auxiliary air gap has a width of h 2 and a surface area of A 2 .

8. The displacement detection circuit according to claim 6 , wherein amplification factor control resistors in the current sampling circuit and the Hall signal processing circuit, an amplification factor control resistor in the offset adjustment circuit, and an introduction resistor of the reference signal are all sliding rheostats.

9. The displacement detection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a width of a primary air gap corresponding to the displacement of the rotor satisfies the following formula:

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Assignees

• Ningbo Institute Of Technology Beihang Univ
• Univ Beihang

Inventors

• Zheng Shiqiang
• Wei Shitong
• Wen Tong
• Wang Kun
• Le Yun
• Mao Kun
• Wang Di

Classifications

• H02K29/08 Primary

  using magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-plates, magneto-resistors (H02K29/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01B7/02 Primary

  for measuring length, width or thickness (G01B7/004, G01B7/12 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01D5/145

  influenced by the relative movement between the Hall device and magnetic fields (see G01R33/06) · CPC title

• G01R33/07

  Hall effect devices · CPC title

• H02K11/215

  Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements · CPC title