ELECTRICAL DEVICE ACTIVELY OPERATING AT MULTIPLE INPUT VOLTAGES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20250112545A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-03

    申请号:US18977362

    申请日:2024-12-11

    Abstract: An electrical device includes a power factor correction circuit including a switch, a first voltage sensor, a second voltage sensor, a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to obtain second input voltage information of the electrical device, based on first input voltage information and DC link voltage information, compare the second input voltage information with preset reference voltage information, determine, based on a comparison of the second input voltage information with the preset reference voltage information, whether an input voltage of the electrical device is at least one of a low voltage or a high voltage, set a protection level of the power factor correction circuit based on the input voltage, and control an operating cycle of the switch of the power factor correction circuit, based on the protection level of the power factor correction circuit.

    Apparatus and method of controlling compressor, and air conditioner including the same

    公开(公告)号:US11569773B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16922419

    申请日:2020-07-07

    Abstract: A compressor control apparatus includes a rectifier configured to rectify AC power to DC power; an inverter including a plurality of switching elements, configured to convert the DC power into a three-phase voltage according to a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal applied to the plurality of switching elements; a motor configured to receive a three-phase current based on the three-phase voltage; a current detector configured to detect a sum of a first phase current, a second phase current, and a third phase current supplied to the motor; and a controller configured to differently determine a duty ratio of the PWM signal applied to each of the plurality of switching elements, and to determine the first phase current, the second phase current, and the third phase current, respectively, based on the determined duty ratio and the sum of the currents detected from the current detector.

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