SINGLE-PHASE BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR

A single-phase brushless DC motor includes a rotor rotatable about a central axis, a stator including salient pole portions, a stator core including a slot between the salient pole portions, and a winding wound around the salient pole portions, the stator opposing the rotor with an air gap interposed therebetween, and a substrate fixed to the stator and including a driver to perform energization control of the winding. The driver includes a Hall element to acquire a timing of the energization control. The substrate includes a Hall IC to detect a circumferential position of the rotor separately from the driver.