Air Conditioners

Air conditioners were the first major home appliance to use inverter control. Key semiconductor devices used for inverter control of a compressor motor include microcontrollers, insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and photocouplers. Microcontrollers provide overall system control, pulse-width-modulation (PWM) generation and system protection functions. IGBTs and photocouplers reside in the inverter driver circuit and its interface, respectively. These days, more and more air conditioners feature a self-cleaning capability and a vector-controlled compressor motor for energy saving. Power factor correction (PFC) ICs or IGBTs are used in the power supply circuit to keep harmonics in the input current below the IEC limit.

Block Diagram

The block diagram of Air Conditioners

Product Introduction

Microcontrollers
  • MCUs for main control
  • MCUs for motor control
  • MCUs for remote control
General-Purpose Linear ICs
  • Indoor Fan Motor
    • Motor Controllers / Drivers
    • IPDs
  • Outdoor Fan Motor
    • Motor Controllers / Drivers
    • IPDs
  • Indoor Louver Motor
    • Motor Controllers / Drivers
  • Indoor Filter Cleaner Motor 1, 2
    • Motor Controllers / Drivers
  • Outdoor PFC Control
    • PFC (IC)
Optical Semiconductor Devices
  • Outdoor IGBT / MOSFET Driver
    • Photocouplers
  • Two- / four-way valve
    • Photocouplers
Transistors
  • Compressor driver
    • IGBT
  • Outdoor PFC Circuit
    • IGBTs
Diodes
  • General-Purpose Surge Absorption and Circuit Protection
    • Zener Diodes
    • ESD Protection Diodes
    • Switching Diodes
    • Schottky Barrier Diodes
Sensors and Image Pickup Devices
  • Sensor (Open/close Detection)
    • Digital-Output Magnetic Sensor

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