US 12,104,611 B2
Fan system and fan driving method
Yu-Chung Tsao, Taipei (TW); and Chin-Chang Lee, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Sentelic Corporation, Taipei (TW)
Filed by Sentelic Corporation, Taipei (TW)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/214,938.
Claims priority of application No. 110104415 (TW), filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0252078 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. F04D 27/00 (2006.01); F04D 25/16 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H03K 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 27/004 (2013.01) [F04D 25/16 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); H03K 7/08 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fan driving method, comprising:
driving a first fan according to a first driving signal, and driving a second fan according to a second driving signal;
obtaining a first rotating speed signal from the first fan, and obtaining a second rotating speed signal from the second fan, wherein the first rotating speed signal has a first phase, and the second rotating speed signal has a second phase;
comparing a difference between the second phase and the first phase to obtain a detection phase difference when determining that the first phase is unstable; and
selectively increasing or decreasing a duty cycle of the second driving signal according to the detection phase difference to adjust the second phase to maintain a preset phase difference with the first phase,
wherein the first rotating speed signal has a first frequency, the second rotating speed signal has a second frequency, and the fan driving method further comprises:
determining whether the first frequency maintains stable;
comparing a difference between the second frequency and the first frequency to obtain a detection frequency difference when determining that the first frequency is unstable; and
increasing or decreasing the duty cycle of the second driving signal selectively to change the second frequency toward the first frequency according to the detection frequency difference.