# US 2013/0154540 A1 · Motor controlling circuit, motor driving device, and motor controlling method

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- Number: US 2013/0154540 A1
- Document ID: US20130154540A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/404,808
- Filed: 2012-02-24
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14
- Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Bon Young KOO
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130154540A1

## CPC

- H02P 6/06: Arrangements for speed regulation of a single motor wherein the motor speed is measured and compared with a given physical value so as to adjust the motor speed
- H02P 6/17: and for generating speed information
- H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS

## Abstract

There are provided a motor controlling circuit, a motor driving device, and a motor controlling method. The motor controlling circuit includes: a frequency detecting unit detecting a frequency of an internal clock signal of a motor driving circuit; a sampling unit sampling an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal using the frequency of the internal clock signal; and a calculating unit sensing a change in a speed of the internal clock signal from a sampling result of the sampling unit and calculating a revolution per minute (RPM) of a motor from the sensed change in the speed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A motor controlling circuit comprising:
a frequency detecting unit detecting a frequency of an internal clock signal of a motor driving circuit;
a sampling unit sampling an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal using the frequency of the internal clock signal; and
a calculating unit sensing a change in a speed of the internal clock signal from a sampling result of the sampling unit and calculating a revolution per minute (RPM) of a motor from the sensed change in the speed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The motor controlling circuit of claim 1, wherein the sampling unit calculates a sampling number of the input PWM signal during one period using the frequency of the internal clock signal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The motor controlling circuit of claim 2, wherein the calculating unit determines that the speed of the internal clock signal has decreased when the sampling number of the input PWM signal during one period decreases, while determining that the speed of the internal clock signal has increased when the sampling number of the input PWM signal during one period increases.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The motor controlling circuit of claim 1, further comprising a speed controlling unit controlling a rotation speed of the motor from the RPM of the motor, calculated by the calculating unit.

### Claim 5

A motor driving device comprising:
a frequency detecting unit detecting a frequency of an input PWM signal;
a comparing unit detecting a driving RPM of a motor and comparing the detected driving RPM of the motor with an RPM according to a duty value of the input PWM signal; and
a signal generating unit generating a driving signal for the motor, based on a comparison result of the comparing unit,
wherein the comparing unit detects the driving RPM of the motor using the frequency of the input PWM signal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The motor driving circuit of claim 5, wherein the comparing unit detects the driving RPM of the motor by sampling one period of a clock signal for driving the motor using the frequency of the input PWM signal.

### Claim 7

A motor controlling method comprising:
detecting a frequency of an internal clock signal of a motor driving circuit;
sampling an input PWM signal using the frequency of the internal clock signal;
sensing a change in a speed of the internal clock signal from a sampling result for the input PWM signal; and
calculating an RPM of a motor from the sensed change in the speed.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The motor controlling method of claim 7, wherein in the sampling of the input PWM signal, a sampling number of the input PWM signal during one period is counted based on the frequency of the internal clock signal.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The motor controlling method of claim 7, wherein in the sensing of the change in the speed, it is determined that the speed of the internal clock signal has decreased when a sampling number of the input PWM signal during one period decreases, while it is determined that the speed of the internal clock signal has increased when the sampling number of the input PWM signal during one period increases.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The motor controlling method of claim 9, further comprising controlling a rotation speed of the motor from the sensed change in the speed.