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Abstract

A motor driving apparatus that drives a motor includes a controller that outputs a driving signal indicating a driving amount of the motor, a driver including a plurality of inverter circuits, each of which supplies an electric current supplied from an external power supply to the motor based on the driving signal outputted from the controller, and first temperature sensors, each of which measures a temperature of a separate one of the plurality of inverter circuits. A first temperature difference is defined as the temperature of one of the inverter circuits minus the temperature of a remaining one of the inverter circuits The controller, when the first temperature difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined difference value at a specific time point, outputs a driving signal indicating a second driving amount smaller than a first driving amount to the one of the inverter circuits.

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