LINEAR COMPRESSOR

A linear compressor is disclosed. The linear compressor comprises a frame, an outer stator comprising a stator core disposed at the frame, a teeth portion that extends inward from the stator core, and a teeth shoe that extends in a circumferential direction from an inner end of the teeth portion, a coil disposed at the teeth portion, a cylinder disposed at the frame, a piston disposed in the cylinder, an inner stator coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the piston and configured to reciprocate axially based on an electromagnetic interaction with the coil, a magnet that is disposed at the teeth shoe and faces the inner stator, and a virtual pole that is disposed at the teeth shoe and faces the inner stator, the virtual pole being disposed at an axial front or an axial rear of the magnet. The outer stator comprises a plurality of core plates stacked axially. A distance between the magnet and the inner stator is different from a distance between the virtual pole and the inner stator.