Abstract: A brushless motor accommodated within a case and having mounted on a substrate rotor speed detection sensors and a monolithic integrated circuit which includes an inverter for driving the rotor, drive circuits for driving the inverter, power source circuit for supplying a power required by each circuit, circuits for controlling the speed of the rotor and a protection circuit for protecting the inverter from excess current.

Abstract: A drive control apparatus for controlling a motor to drive the compressor of an air conditioner, according to the present invention, includes a rectifying circuit for converting an AC voltage into a DC voltage, an inverter having a combination of a plurality of power controlling semiconductor devices and which controls the DC voltage from the rectifying circuit in accordance with a drive signal supplied to the combination of the semiconductor devices so as to generate an AC drive current to the drive, and a drive circuit for generating the drive signal to the inverter. The drive circuit formed as a monolithic integrated circuit having a dielectric separation structure, with the monolithic integrated circuit and the inverter being mounted on a common module substrate.