STEVAL-IHM006V1
AC/AC chopper driver
Data Brief
Features
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AC to AC chopper drive
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Motor type: asynchronous with capacitor
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Input: 230Vac @ 50/60Hz
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Motor voltage: 230Vac
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Motor current: 1.5A
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Description
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The AC-Chopper is an application which has been
developed for voltage regulation in an AC motor
or AC load up to 300W. When connected to a
motor or AC load, it allows the user to
demonstrate smooth, silent, and efficient
regulation with respect to triac solutions.
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The main applications of this reference design are
AC asynchronous mono-phase motors like
refrigerators, hydraulic pumps, fans, lamps, etc.
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ST7FLITE05 : 8-bit MCU with single voltage
flash memory, data EEPROM, ADC, timers,
SPI
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STGP7NC60H : N-channel 14A - 600V very
fast PowerMESH™ IGBT
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VIPer12ADIP: low power off line SMPS primary
switches
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L78L05A: positive voltage regulator
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STTH108 : High voltage ultrafast rectifier
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STTH3R06 : Turbo 2 ultrafast high voltage
rectifier
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Rev 1
For further information contact your local STMicroelectronics sales office
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General circuit description
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General circuit description
Currently, the most widely used method to vary the AC mono-phase load voltage in applications
such as refrigerators, hydraulic pumps, fans and lamps consists in using the phase
partialization technique via a triac device. Although this simple and low cost solution has been
used for several years, it creates excessive harmonic distortion and has a consequent low
efficiency. Typical applications used to solve this problem are systems based on a complex
inverter drive, which are quite expensive.
The presented patented solution can solve third harmonic problems thanks to its switching
work mode. The induction motor is driven in high frequency mode by an innovative switch
topology, which delivers a silent and cost effective variable speed drive. The speed is controlled
by the motor voltage: the power switch runs in PWM mode and its duty cycle changes linearly
to control the speed versus the torque.
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The base circuit can be viewed as a double chopper that operates on a sinusoidal busdirectly
from the 50-60Hz mains, without a preliminary AC-DC conversion type.
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The double chopper is able to energize the load from any level of the sinusoidal voltagewave
and demagnetize it via a free-wheeling current system, obtaining the voltage regulation and the
current. This means that the circuit operates as an AC-AC converter or transformer and the
form of the current load is a perfect sinusoidal shape. The proposed circuit does not have any
load type limitations. It works with any inductive-ohmic load with notable angles between the
current and the voltage.
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The power can be controlled by varying the duty cycle of the PWM signal where the shape of
the current is sinusoidal due to the filtering effect of the inductive nature of the load.
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If the load has a reactive power, it can transit between load and line grid independently from the
power level and is not blocked or dissipated in any electronic parts of the circuit.
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The control parameters (PWM modulation, reference signal and current sensing) are controlled
through an MCU. The AC/AC chopper driver evaluation board is based on the ST7FLITE05
microcontroller (8-bit MCU with single voltage flash memory, ADC, timers, SPI, 1% internal RC
oscillator)
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100nF X2
J2
230 Vac
PHASE
C16
3
2
R6
+5 V
+5 V
+5 V
AIN0
C25
100nF
MOTOR
PA1
PA0/LTIC
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4
6
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ST7LITE09
PA2/ATPWM0
RESET
PA3
SS/AIN0/PB0
PA4
SCK/AIN1/PB1
PA5/ICCDATA
MISO/AIN2/PB2
PA6/MCO/ICCCLK
MOSI/AIN3/PB3
PA7
CLKIN/AIN4/PB4
Vdd
Vss
CON10A
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JP1
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R14
R1
220K 1/2W
1uF 250VAC
C1
S1
C18
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100pF
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J4
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J3
PHASE
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250V14L
RV1
Q5
D1
RESET
BC557
R12 10K
STTH306
D5
250V10L
RV2
STTH306
D6
Z1
STGP7NB60HD
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STTH306
D2
R15
1.2k
R8
470K
D10
18V
R4
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+15 V
C3
0.1uF-100V
D16
1N4148
R9
2.2K
Q2
BC547
270K
R5
STTH306
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Q3
BC557
R13
R11 15
Q1
BC547
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C12
0.1uF
Vcontrol
RS-196-375
Z2
D9
1N4148
STTH306
D4
D12
STTH108
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10uF 25V
C10
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470-1/4W
STTH306
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STGP7NB60HD
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C4
0.1uF-100V
R2
5.6-1/4W
C2
3.3nF
puls e trans form er
STTH306
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250V10L
RV3
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AC
ASYNCHRONOUS
100nF X2
C17
RESET
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0.1uF
C8
22K
T2
Line f ilter
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18V
D15
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C15
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IN
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L78L05A/TO92
GND
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C5
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Board schematic
Board schematic
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Revision history
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Revision history
Table 1.
Revision history
Date
Revision
20-Jul-2007
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Changes
Initial release.
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