Frequency converter device which adaptively responds to a power failure

Abstract

A frequency converter device comprises a first converter 5 in a pulse-width modulation system for converting an AC voltage into a DC voltage; a second converter 2 in a pulse-width modulation system for supplying an AC voltage with a variable voltage and a variable frequency to a motor; a capacitor 15 connected between an output side of said first converter 5 and an input side of said second converter 15; a current suppressing circuit connected to the input side of said first converter 5 and consisting of a resistor 31 and a relay 32; a detection circuit 19 for detecting the presence or absence of the power supply inputted to said first converter 5; a circuit 16 for measuring the voltage across said capacitor 15; a drive control circuit 30a for stopping the conversion of said first converter 5 when power failure of an input power supply occurs and when the voltage across the capacitor is not smaller than a prescribed value, continuing the drive state of the relay 32 and said second converter 2, thereby continuing an output.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.