Patent ID: 7786690

Claim:
A motor control apparatus applied to a motor having a plurality of independent phase windings for controlling the plurality of phase windings by dividing the phase windings into one set of windings and another set of windings, comprising: a plurality of inverter type drive means for driving the respective phase windings; and a plurality of PWM control means for PWM-controlling the respective inverter type drive means, wherein each of the PWM control means is configured so as to execute a switching sequence in which the corresponding inverter type drive means can assume a condition of applying a voltage of a power supply to both ends of the phase winding according to the drive means, a condition of connecting both ends of the phase winding to the positive side of the power supply and a condition of connecting both ends of the winding to the negative side of the power supply, and further the PWM control means corresponding to the drive means according to the one set of phase windings and the PWM control means corresponding to the drive means according to the other set of phase windings are configured so as to set a mutual phase relationship of switching sequence so as to connect at least one end of all phase windings included in the other set to the negative side of the power supply when both ends of at least one phase winding included in the one set are connected to the positive side of the power supply during a first time period and connect at least one end of all the phase windings included in the other set to the positive side of the power supply when both ends of at least one phase winding included in the one set are connected to the negative side of the power supply during a second time period.