# US 2024/0159415 A1 · Adaptive logic board for variable speed drive for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration system

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- Number: US 2024/0159415 A1
- Document ID: US20240159415A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/282,746
- Filed: 2021-03-18
- Published: 2024-05-16
- Earliest claimed: 2021-03-18
- Assignees: Johnson Controls Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.; Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Applicants: Johnson Controls Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.; Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Inventors: Konstantin Alex Borisov; JonPaul Warriner; Anuradha Girish Ogale; Chenyi Jiang; Fei Lu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240159415A1

## CPC

- F24F 11/63: Electronic processing
- H03H 7/0153: {Electrical filters; Controlling thereof}
- F04D 27/0261: {by varying driving speed}
- F24F 11/52: Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
- F24F 11/88: Electrical aspects, e.g. circuits
- H02P 27/06: using DC to AC converters or inverters (H02P27/05 takes precedence)
- H03H 21/0001: {Analogue adaptive filters}
- H03H 2210/012: Centre frequency; Cut-off frequency
- H03H 2210/028: Resistor
- H03H 2210/036: Stepwise
- F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02)
- H03H: IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (waveguides, resonators, lines or other devices of the waveguide type H01P)
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS

## Abstract

An adaptive logic board for a variable speed drive (VSD) of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a signal sensing circuit configured to receive an input signal from a sensor of the VSD. The signal sensing circuit includes a filter configured to condition the input signal. The filter includes a variable resistance element configured to adjust a cutoff frequency of the filter. The filter is configured to attenuate waveforms in the input signal having frequencies that exceed the cutoff frequency to generate a conditioned signal. The adaptive logic board also includes a controller configured to receive the conditioned signal and to adjust the variable resistance element to adjust the cutoff frequency of the filter based on a parameter of the HVAC&R system.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An adaptive logic board for a variable speed drive (VSD) of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system, comprising:
a signal sensing circuit configured to receive an input signal from a sensor of the VSD, wherein the signal sensing circuit comprises:
a filter configured to condition the input signal; and
a variable resistance element of the filter, wherein the variable resistance element is configured to adjust a cutoff frequency of the filter, and the filter is configured to attenuate waveforms in the input signal having frequencies that exceed the cutoff frequency to generate a conditioned signal; and
a controller configured to receive the conditioned signal, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the variable resistance element to adjust the cutoff frequency of the filter based on a parameter of the HVAC&R system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The adaptive logic board of claim 1, wherein the parameter comprises a size of the VSD, and wherein the controller is configured to adjust the variable resistance element to adjust the cutoff frequency to a target cutoff frequency corresponding to the size of the VSD.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The adaptive logic board of claim 2, comprising a dual in-line package (DIP) switch communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to determine the size of the VSD based on a configuration of one or more switches of the DIP switch.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The adaptive logic board of claim 2, comprising an external computing device communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to receive an operator input from the external computing device indicative of the size of the VSD.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The adaptive logic board of claim 1, wherein the parameter comprises a size of the VSD, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the variable resistance element to adjust the cutoff frequency of the filter to a first target cutoff frequency in response to determining that the VSD is a first size, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the variable resistance element to adjust the cutoff frequency of the filter to a second target cutoff frequency in response to determining that the VSD is a second size, wherein the first target cutoff frequency is less than the second target cutoff frequency, and the first size of the VSD has a rated power output greater than the second size of the VSD.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The adaptive logic board of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a data logging component configured to receive the conditioned signal and sample the conditioned signal at a sampling frequency to generate a digital output corresponding to the input signal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The adaptive logic board of claim 6, wherein the parameter comprises the sampling frequency of the data logging component.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The adaptive logic board of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to determine, or receive feedback indicative of, a size of the VSD, to adjust the sampling frequency of the data logging component based on the size of the VSD, and to adjust the variable resistance element to adjust the cutoff frequency based on the sampling frequency such that the cutoff frequency is a predetermined percentage of the sampling frequency.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The adaptive logic board of claim 1, wherein the variable resistance element comprises a digital potentiometer.

### Claim 10

A method of operating a variable speed drive (VSD) using an adaptive logic board, comprising:
determining a size of the VSD, wherein the size of the VSD is based at least in part on a power output range of the VSD;
determining a target cutoff frequency for a filter of a signal sensing circuit of the adaptive logic board based on the size of the VSD;
adjusting a variable resistance element of the signal sensing circuit to achieve the target cutoff frequency of the filter; and
filtering an input signal received from a sensor of the VSD via the filter to attenuate electrical waveforms in the input signal having a frequency that exceeds the target cutoff frequency and to generate a conditioned signal corresponding to the input signal.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein determining the size of the VSD comprises:
determining, via a controller of the adaptive logic board, a configuration of a dual in-line package (DIP) switch of the adaptive logic board; and
determining the size of the VSD based on the configuration of the DIP switch.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein determining the size of the VSD comprises receiving, via an external computing device communicatively coupled to the adaptive logic board, an operator input indicative of the size of the VSD.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein determining the size of the VSD comprises:
determining, via a controller of the adaptive logic board, a structure of a harness communicatively coupling the adaptive logic board and the VSD; and
determining, via the controller, the size of the VSD based on the structure of the harness.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein determining the target cutoff frequency for the filter comprises:
referencing, via a controller of the adaptive logic board, a look-up table correlating a plurality of target cutoff frequencies of the filter to corresponding sizes of the VSD; and
identifying the target cutoff frequency from the plurality of target cutoff frequencies corresponding to the size of the VSD.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, comprising sampling, via a data logging component of the adaptive logic board, the conditioned signal at a sampling frequency greater than the target cutoff frequency to generate a digital output corresponding to the input signal.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein adjusting the variable resistance element comprises adjusting a resistance value of the variable resistance element to effectuate an increase or decrease of an existing cutoff frequency of the filter to achieve the target cutoff frequency.

### Claim 17

A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system, comprising:
a variable speed drive (VSD) coupled to a motor of a compressor and configured to control an operational speed of the motor;
a sensor configured to generate an input signal indicative of an operational parameter of the VSD; and
an adaptive logic board communicatively coupled to the sensor and the VSD, wherein the adaptive logic board comprises:
a signal sensing circuit comprising a filter configured to receive the input signal from the sensor and to condition the input signal, wherein the filter comprises a variable resistance element adjustable to alter a cutoff frequency of the filter, and the filter is configured to attenuate electrical waveforms of the input signal having frequencies that exceed the cutoff frequency; and
a controller configured to adjust the variable resistance element to alter the cutoff frequency of the filter based on a parameter of the HVAC&R system.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The HVAC&R system of claim 17, wherein the parameter comprises a size of the VSD, and the controller is configured to determine the size of the VSD based on:
a configuration of a dual in-line pack (DIP) switch coupled to the adaptive logic board;
an operator input received via an external computing device communicatively coupled to the controller; or
a structure of a harness coupling the adaptive logic board to the VSD.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The HVAC&R system of claim 17, wherein the controller comprises a data logging component configured to sample the conditioned signal at a target sampling frequency to generate a digital output corresponding to the input signal, wherein the parameter comprises the target sampling frequency, and the controller is configured to adjust the variable resistance element to alter the cutoff frequency to achieve a target cutoff frequency that is determined based on the target sampling frequency.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The HVAC&R system of claim 17, wherein the VSD is configured to supply a phase of electrical power to the motor through a power line, and wherein the operational parameter comprise the phase of the electrical power.