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Document | Title | Date |
20080258657 | Tuning Dc Brushless Motors - A method of tuning a DC brushless motor, wherein measurement of back EMF voltage is used to detect changes in the torque requirements caused by variation in the operating conditions of the DC brushless motor, the method including varying the timing of the driving signals to the motor to compensate for the changes in the torque requirements. | 10-23-2008 |
20080297083 | Single-sensor based commutation of multi-phase motor - System, method, and apparatus for commutating and controlling a multi-phase motor using one output rotor sensor and circuitry that measures time between rotor pole-to-pole transitions is disclosed. The exemplary system, method, and apparatus may utilize the polarity of the single-output rotor sensor and the measured time between the polarity transitions detected by the single-output rotor sensor. | 12-04-2008 |
20090033261 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC MOTOR, PARTICULARLY FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES - The system (ECS) comprises a rectifier circuit (RC) to supply a direct current voltage (VB) as output; a driver circuit (DC) which is connected to a rectifier circuit (RC) and includes a plurality of controlled switches (SW | 02-05-2009 |
20090058338 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR AND DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH DRIVING CIRCUIT - The circuit structured to drive a motor is provided. The circuit includes: a division signal generator that generates a division signal dividing each of a high level period and a low level period of a binary position signal representing a relative position of a magnetic coil to a permanent magnet into a preset number of multiple divisions; a pulse width setter that sets a pulse width for PWM control corresponding to each of the multiple divisions represented by the division signal; and a PWM signal generator that performs PWM control with the set pulse width, thereby generating a PWM signal as a driving signal for driving the motor. | 03-05-2009 |
20090121665 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An energization signal generating circuit respectively compares back electromotive forces generated in coils of each phase of a motor with a midpoint voltage of each phase, and generates energization signals. A pulse signal generating circuit generates a pulse signal in which duty ratio is controlled according to torque. A ramp signal generating circuit divides, into a plurality of times, a period of a frequency generation signal obtained by synthesizing the energization signals, and, for each divided time unit, generates a ramp signal in which pulse width gradually changes, and which has a frequency the same as the pulse signal. An output circuit supplies a drive current to the coils of each phase, based on the energization signals, the pulse signal, and the ramp signal. | 05-14-2009 |
20090128070 | Brushless DC Motor with Reduced Current Ripple - A commutation circuit for driving a brushless DC motor is controlled according to a commutation cycle composed of alternating primary steps and transitional steps. The commutation circuit includes pairs of field effect transistors coupled in series between the high voltage and low voltage terminals of a DC power supply. Output terminals between each pair of transistors are individually coupled to the phases of a DC motor. A controller operates the commutation circuit to selectively set the phases at active and inactive states. The controller further employs a plurality of voltage control functions individually associated with the motor phases to selectively modulate the voltage applied to one of the phases during the active states, to provide transitional steps in the commutation cycle during which the applied voltage is modulated to reduce its magnitude with respect to the high voltage or the low voltage. | 05-21-2009 |
20090128071 | Extrapolation of Back EMF Signals in Brushless DC Motors - A controller is provided for operating a DC motor through a commutation circuit and for synchronizing the commutation circuit to motor position and speed by measuring back EMF voltages along commutation cycle steps during which the measured phase is not being driven. In connection with each such step, the back EMF voltage is measured at two points offset from the center of the step. The controller uses the measured voltages and their corresponding locations to locate the center point of the step through extrapolation. The motor can be analyzed for determining suitable locations for the measuring points. | 05-21-2009 |
20090153084 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, METHOD, AND COOLING DEVICE USING THE SAME - In the motor drive apparatus, a Hall element outputs a first sinusoidal signal and a second sinusoidal signal, of mutually opposite phases, in accordance with rotor position. A hysteresis comparator compares the first sinusoidal signal and the second sinusoidal signal outputted from the Hall element, and outputs a rectangular wave signal. A pulse width modulation signal generation circuit detects timing at which phase switches, based on the first sinusoidal signal and the second sinusoidal signal outputted from the Hall element, and outputs a pulse width modulation signal in which duty ratio gradually changes, in a predetermined time-period in which the phase switches. A drive circuit combines the rectangular wave signal and the pulse width modulation signal by a logical operation, and drives the fan motor. | 06-18-2009 |
20090184672 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS AND MOTOR DRIVING METHOD - One terminal of a first capacitor is set to a fixed electric potential. A charging/discharging circuit charges/discharges the first capacitor using a current that corresponds to an input signal which specifies the revolution of a motor. A comparator compares a voltage at the first capacitor with a predetermined voltage. A control signal generating unit generates a control voltage having a level that corresponds to an edge timing of a frequency signal synchronized with the rotation of the motor and an edge timing of the comparison signal output from the first comparator. Furthermore, the control signal generating unit switches the charging/discharging state of a charging/discharging circuit according to an edge of the periodic signal and an edge of the comparison signal. The motor is driven with a torque according to the control voltage. | 07-23-2009 |
20090256507 | METHOD FOR OPERATING SENSORLESS AND BRUSHLESS MOTORS - A method of aligning a sensorless brushless polyphase DC motor including aligning a rotor to a known stopped position with respect to at least one coil during a shut-down of said motor wherein a voltage is applied to one or more coils in a timed sequence of voltage application steps; and, starting said rotor from said known stopped position, wherein a voltage is applied to one or more coils in a timed sequence of voltage application steps. | 10-15-2009 |
20090256508 | ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED MOTOR - An electronically commutated motor ( | 10-15-2009 |
20090256509 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device has a three-phase bridge circuit, a driving circuit, and a microcomputer. The three-phase bridge circuit has three pairs of MOSFETs for U, V, and W phases of a three-phase AC motor as a control target. The microcomputer has a dead time set value storage unit and a PWM signal generation unit. The PWM signal generation unit generates a PWM signal with a dead time including a response characteristics of the pair of MOSFETs for each of U, V, and W phases of the AC motor based on a three-phase voltage instruction value supplied from an outside device and the dead time set value stored in the dead time set value storage unit. The PWM signal generation unit outputs the PWM signal for each phase to the driving circuit. This independently adjusts the dead time for the MOSFETs for each phase. | 10-15-2009 |
20090284197 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LOAD DRIVING APPARATUS WITH PULSE WIDTH MODULATION - When the bit number of an error signal ERR2 is n and the magnitude of the error signal ERR2 is “a” (a is an integer) in decimal notation, a pulse-width modulator generates a PWM signal Spwm as a set of k (k is an integer of 2 or more) continuous sub-pulses. Further, the pulse-width modulator generates k sub-pulses in such a manner that the average value of the duty ratios of the sub-pulses becomes approximately a/2 | 11-19-2009 |
20090295319 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE START TIME OF A VEHICLE HEAT ENGINE - A method to permit the start time of a heat engine of a vehicle to be controlled. The heat engine is mechanically coupled to an induction type polyphase rotary electrical machine connected to an on-board electrical network. The method is of the type consisting of carrying out pre-fluxing by establishing an excitation current in the inductor for a predetermined pre-fluxing time (Tpref) before the phase currents are established. In accordance with the method, the predetermined pre-fluxing time (Tpref is a function of the voltage (Vbat+X) of the on-board electrical network. Typically, the predetermined pre-fluxing time (Tpref) is increased when the voltage (Vbat+X) of the on-board electrical network reduces within a nominal voltage range (V | 12-03-2009 |
20100013422 | Motor driving apparatus and control method thereof - Provided is a motor driving apparatus including a motor drive unit including a plurality of transistors which are repeatedly turned on and off in response to a pulse having a pulse width modulated at a first carrier frequency to control driving of a motor in a normal operation state and which supply a drive current to the motor; and a control unit that controls the plurality of transistors to be turned on and off in response to a pulse having a pulse width modulated at a second carrier frequency higher than the first carrier frequency, when a voltage applied between input terminals of the motor drive unit rises to a predetermined value. | 01-21-2010 |
20100072928 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR PULSE-WIDTH MODULATED CONTROL OF A POWER INVERTER USING PHASE-SHIFTED CARRIER SIGNALS AND RELATED OPERATING METHODS - Systems and methods are provided for pulse-width modulated control of power inverter using phase-shifted carrier signals. An electrical system comprises an energy source and a motor. The motor has a first set of windings and a second set of windings, which are electrically isolated from each other. An inverter module is coupled between the energy source and the motor and comprises a first set of phase legs coupled to the first set of windings and a second set of phase legs coupled to the second set of windings. A controller is coupled to the inverter module and is configured to achieve a desired power flow between the energy source and the motor by modulating the first set of phase legs using a first carrier signal and modulating the second set of phase legs using a second carrier signal. The second carrier signal is phase-shifted relative to the first carrier signal. | 03-25-2010 |
20100164416 | MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - A ripple detection unit detects a ripple current width of a motor current controlled according to PWM control. A ripple reference setting unit sets a reference value of the ripple current width. A frequency adjusting unit sets a control signal indicating a carrier frequency of the PWM control according to a ripple current width deviation. A carrier generation unit generates a carrier of the frequency based on the control signal. Thus, it is possible to realize feedback control of the carrier frequency for maintaining the ripple current width at an appropriate level. | 07-01-2010 |
20100176758 | Motor Driving Circuit - A motor-driving-circuit comprising: a first to-fourth-transistors; a drive-control-circuit to control a energization-state of a motor coil so as to be a driving-state where either one group of a groups of the first-and-fourth-transistors and the second-and-third-transistors is on and the other group is off, or so as to be a regeneration-state where the first-and-third-transistors are off and the second-and-fourth-transistors are on; a set-current-detection-circuit; an overcurrent-detection-circuit; and an overcurrent-protection-circuit to output a regeneration-instruction-signal for shifting the energization-state to the regeneration-state if an overcurrent-state does not occur and output a drive-stop-signal for stopping driving the coil if the overcurrent-state occurs, when a current amount flowing through the coil has reached a set-level in the driving-state, the drive-control-circuit shifting the energization-state to the regeneration-state to be maintained for a predetermined time period and thereafter returning the energization-state to the driving-state when the regeneration-instruction-signal is output, and turning off the first-to-fourth-transistors when the drive-stop-signal is output. | 07-15-2010 |
20100194319 | CONTROLLER OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine controller including a current detector detecting rotary electric machine currents generated in a rotary electric machine, a position estimation mechanism outputting an estimated position in accordance with the rotary electric machine currents; a controller outputting voltage commands in accordance with the estimated position; a pulse-width modulator outputting logic signals which are pulse-width modulated in accordance with the voltage commands and with a switching cycle used for pulse-width modulation control; and a voltage application mechanism applying AC voltages for driving the rotary electric machine in accordance with the logic signals. The voltage commands output by the controller are obtained by superimposing, on fundamental voltages for driving the rotary electric machine, position detection voltages which each have a cycle equal to m times of the switching cycle and which are different in phase among respective phases. | 08-05-2010 |
20100237809 | INVERTER CONTROLLER, AND MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE, ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR AND ELECTRIC HOME APPLIANCE USING THE INVERTER CONTROLLER - An inverter controller for driving a brushless DC motor, of which rotor is provided with permanent magnets, includes an inverter circuit, a position sensing circuit, a DC voltage sensor, and a conduction angle controller. The inverter circuit is connected to the brushless DC motor for driving this motor. The position sensing circuit senses a rotor position with respect to a stator from an induction voltage of the brushless DC motor. The DC voltage sensor senses a voltage value of a DC power voltage supplied to the inverter circuit. The conduction angle controller changes a conduction angle of the inverter circuit within a range less than 180 degrees in electric angles in response to a rate of change in the DC power voltage. | 09-23-2010 |
20100237810 | METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING AN IPM MOTOR - The present invention relates to a method for sensorless control of a permanent magnet motor exhibiting saliency, the method comprising the steps of determining a back electromotive force signal of a non-conducting phase winding of the permanent magnet motor, and applying a first drive voltage to at least one other phase winding of the permanent magnet motor, said first drive voltage being phase-shifted relative to the determined back electromotive force signal. Moreover, the present invention relates to a control system for carrying out the above-mentioned method. | 09-23-2010 |
20100237811 | Six-Phase Firing Circuit For Brushless DC Controls - A six-phase 12 step firing circuit for brushless DC controllers to independently distribute current in six motor stator windings of a six-phase brushless DC motor, the firing circuit receives hall sensor rotor position signals in conjunction with a drive start signal and pulse width modulation commands driving a six-phase power bridge assembly fired at 30 degree intervals to produce a sequence for rotation of the motor. | 09-23-2010 |
20100237812 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS - A motor driving apparatus that includes a current changing component, a detecting component, a control component, a back electromotive voltage zero cross detecting component, and a change control component. The current changing component drives a motor. The detecting component detects a point where a value of a magnitude of a current flowing into a coil of the motor changes from a decrease to an increase. The control component controls so that supply of the current to the coil is shut down, when the point is detected and the back electromotive voltage zero cross detecting component detects a zero cross of a back electromotive voltage generated in the coil. The change control component controls so that the direction of the current flowing into the coil changes to a reverse direction opposite to the predetermined direction, when the zero cross is detected. | 09-23-2010 |
20100237813 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS - A brushless motor driving apparatus that includes a rotation signal output component, a half-cycle signal generating component, a plurality of counters, and a duty control signal generating component is provided. The plurality of counters, each of which uses a different bit number to count, repeatedly resets a count value and restarts a count operation for every bit number, resets a count value together with rising or falling of a half-cycle signal, and outputs a pulse signal which is inverted for every reset that occurs while the count operation is being performed. The duty control signal generating component generates a duty control signal to determine a duty ratio of a control signal to control driving of a single-phase brushless motor, based on at least two pulse signals selected from the pulse signals output from the plurality of counters. | 09-23-2010 |
20100253258 | Method and Device for Calibrating a Position Sensor Placed on a Shaft of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor - In a method and apparatus for calibrating a position sensor mounted on the shaft of a permanent magnet synchronous motor, to control the position of a rotor of the permanent magnet synchronous motor relative to a magnetic field produced by a stator of the permanent magnet synchronous motor, a DC test current is supplied to stator windings of the permanent magnet synchronous motor to generate a definite magnetic field. The motor speed caused by the DC test current is adjusted to zero by modifying the rotor position; and the position measured by the position sensor at zero motor speed relative to the magnetic field is used to calibrate the position sensor. | 10-07-2010 |
20100264862 | Brushless motor control apparatus, brushless motor and control method of brushless motor - A power supply control device turns off energization of coils from a power supply device when a rotational speed of a motor reaches 500 rpm. After elapsing of one electrical cycle from the time of starting the turning off of the energization, a comparator of a correction device outputs a comparator signal, which is obtained by comparing a voltage of a neutral point of the coils and an induced voltage of the coil. An EX-OR circuit outputs an EX-OR signal, which is an exclusive OR value of the comparator signal and an output signal of a Hall sensor. A sensing unit obtains an electrical angle of a period, during which the EX-OR signal is in a H-level. A difference between the obtained electrical angle and a standard electrical angle of 30 degrees is stored as a correction data value. Thereafter, energization of the coils is restarted. | 10-21-2010 |
20100264863 | Brushless motor control apparatus, brushless motor and control method of brushless motor - A slope counter starts countdown at timing of changing an output voltage of an FET to zero. A controller executes a nonsymmetrical energization control operation to control a PWM generator such that the PWM generator generates a PWM signal based on a count value of the slope counter and outputs the generated PWM signal to the FET. The countdown of the slope counter is terminated when a predetermined time period elapses or when a time period corresponding to an electrical angle of 40 degrees elapses before the elapsing of the predetermined period. Also, at this time, the controller terminates the nonsymmetrical energization control operation. | 10-21-2010 |
20100283417 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A REVERSING OPERATION IN AN ELECTRIC ACTUATING UNIT OF A VEHICLE - In a method and a device for identifying a reversing operation in an electric actuating unit of a vehicle, once a trapped object is detected, the rotational direction of the electromotive drive is commutated. Sequential pulse interval counter values, derived from a sensor system or data derived from the values is or are written to a ring buffer store and compared with pre-defined reference data patterns. If a match is found, the counter reading of the position counter is corrected in accordance with the pre-defined reference data pattern. This ensures that the counter reading of the position counter is correct even after a reversing operation. | 11-11-2010 |
20100315029 | Drive Method to Minimize Vibration and Acoustics In Three Phase Brushless DC (TPDC) Motors - A control method for a sensor-less, brushless, three-phase DC motor. The effects of commutation on the motor may be minimized using a sinusoidal current drive on each electromagnet. The “off” times and/or the “on” times of the drive transistors controlling the electromagnets in a full “H-bridge” configuration drive scheme may be delayed. By overlapping the drive signals to the electromagnets with respect to a commutation command, the effects of switching between electromagnets may be minimized. In addition, the “on” and “off” times may also be adjusted during the overlapping to further ensure that the coils continuously conduct current, and that the current does not change direction during the switching. The delays, and hence the overlap times of the coil drive signals may be dynamically controlled, for example by using digital timers, making the response predictable and easily controlled. The present position of the rotor in the motor may be determined using Hall sensors configured in the motor, or it may be determined using the un-energized electromagnets in a motor without Hall sensors. | 12-16-2010 |
20100320948 | Method and Apparatus for Increased Current Stability in a PWM Drive - The present invention provides an improved current regulator for PWM based drives for electric motors. The invention provides compensation for the rotor position signal for delays introduced due to the PWM algorithm and for digital sampling present in such a drive. Current regulator commonly operate in a two-phase reference frame, requiring forward and reverse coordinate transformations between the physical current values and the two-phase reference frame variables. The present invention provides an improved compensation in the forward transformation by determining the phase lag between the commanded voltage reference and the output voltage reference and by further compensating the forward transformation for errors introduced due to sampling the current either at different sampling instances than the rotor position or at multiple sampling instances during a carrier period. Additionally, compensation during the reverse transformation is provided to compensate for errors introduced due to sampling the current and rotor position. | 12-23-2010 |
20110006713 | COMPACT FPGA-BASED DIGITAL MOTOR CONTROLLER - A compact field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based digital motor controller ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110043148 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A motor control apparatus includes a phase sensing circuit, a current sensing circuit, a controller and a driving circuit. The driving circuit receives a first driving signal and then controls a phase switching state of the magnetic pole of the motor so as to drive the motor in accordance with the first driving signal. The phase sensing circuit detects the phase switching state of the magnetic pole to generate and output a phase switching signal to the controller during the motor is operating. The current sensing circuit detects a current flowing through the motor to generate and output a current phase signal to the controller. The controller compares a phase difference between the phase switching signal and the current phase signal to generate and output a second driving signal to the driving circuit. The driving circuit controls the phase switching state of the magnetic pole for driving the motor in accordance with the second driving signal. | 02-24-2011 |
20110057590 | Method of Operating a Motor - Embodiments of the invention provide a method of operating a motor connected to a power device having a reduced current rating. The motor can include an increased torque constant and/or an increased back electromagnetic force constant in order to decrease a peak current in relation to the reduced current rating of the power device. The method can include increasing a length of time the motor can operate at the peak current without overheating. A phase angle of the motor can be advanced in order to achieve a continuous operating point with the power device having the reduced current rating. | 03-10-2011 |
20110084635 | SLOW SPEED OPERATION OF BRUSHLESS DIRECT CURRENT MOTORS BY GATING PULSE WIDTH MODULATION DRIVE - Slow speed operation of a brushless DC (BLDC) motor is enhanced by gating off some of the PWM pulses in each commutation period. By doing so, longer PWM pulse widths may be used at PWM signal frequencies that are inaudible while still allowing desired slow speed operation of the BLDC motor. Centering the non-gated PWM pulses in each commutation period where peak back EMF occurs, further reduces losses and improves delivery of maximum torque from the BLDC motor. | 04-14-2011 |
20110115422 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR AND DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH DRIVING CIRCUIT - The circuit structured to drive a motor is provided. The circuit includes: a division signal generator that generates a division signal dividing each of a high level period and a low level period of a binary position signal representing a relative position of a magnetic coil to a permanent magnet into a preset number of multiple divisions; a pulse width setter that sets a pulse width for PWM control corresponding to each of the multiple divisions represented by the division signal; and a PWM signal generator that performs PWM control with the set pulse width, thereby generating a PWM signal as a driving signal for driving the motor. | 05-19-2011 |
20110127938 | Drive motor control apparatus for vehicle, motor control system, method for correcting rotation angle of motor, program for performing the same, rotation detecting apparatus - A drive motor control apparatus for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has a motor and rotation detecting unit. In the apparatus, the first difference computing unit computes one of multiple first differences every time an actual detected angle of rotation of the motor becomes a corresponding representative angle during the one cycle. The first difference indicates an advancing amount of an estimated angle relative to the actual detected angle. The second difference computing unit computes multiple second differences based on the first differences of the one cycle. The second differences are adjusted in accordance with a degree of acceleration and deceleration of the motor. The adjusted second differences are used for correcting the actual detected angle of rotation of the motor. | 06-02-2011 |
20110254480 | CONTROL OF A BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A method of controlling a brushless motor that includes rectifying an alternating voltage to provide a rectified voltage, exciting a winding of the motor with the rectified voltage for a conduction period over each electrical half-cycle of the motor, and updating the conduction period in response to a zero-crossing in the alternating voltage. Additionally, a control system that implements the method, and a motor system that incorporates the control system. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254481 | CONTROL OF A BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A method of controlling a brushless motor that includes rectifying an alternating voltage to provide a rectified voltage, exciting a winding of the motor with the rectified voltage and freewheeling the winding when current in the winding exceeds a threshold. The winding is freewheeled for a freewheel period, which is updated in response to a zero-crossing in the alternating voltage. Additionally, a control system that implements the method, and a motor system that incorporates the control system. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254482 | CONTROL OF A BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A method of controlling a brushless motor that includes exciting a winding of the motor with a voltage, and freewheeling the winding when current in the winding exceeds a threshold or after the winding has been excited for a timeout period. The timeout period is adjusted in response to a change in one of the voltage and the motor speed. Additionally, a control system that implements the method, and a motor system that incorporates the control system. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254483 | CONTROL OF A BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A method of controlling a brushless motor that includes rectifying an alternating voltage to provide a rectified voltage, and exciting a winding of the motor with the rectified voltage. The winding is excited in advance of predetermined rotor positions by an advance period that is updated in response to a zero-crossing in the alternating voltage. Additionally, a control system that implements the method, and a motor system that incorporates the control system. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254484 | CONTROLLER FOR A BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A controller for a brushless motor that includes an input for receiving an analog signal, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for sampling the analog signal, and a processor. The processor starts the ADC during a first electrical half-cycle and reads the ADC during a second electrical half-cycle of the motor. Additionally, a motor system that includes the controller. | 10-20-2011 |
20110291598 | MOTOR BUS VOLTAGE COMMUTATION METHOD - A drive system for a motor has a switching network for supplying three phases of power to a motor, and a control for the switching network. The control is programmed to provide a commutation with a positive offset, ahead of a current position, when driving in opposition to a load, and to use one of a zero or negative offset when the control drives the motor complementary to the load force. A method and system are also disclosed and claimed. | 12-01-2011 |
20120032621 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT AND BRUSHLESS MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM - A brushless motor drive circuit has a first AD converter which converts a voltage value depending upon a power supply voltage supplied from a power supply to drive a three-phase brushless motor, to a digital signal and outputs the digital signal. The brushless motor drive circuit has an energization timing adjustment circuit which outputs an adjustment signal for adjusting a lead angle value or a lag angle value of energization timing of the three-phase brushless motor, in response to the digital signal which is output by the first AD converter. The brushless motor drive circuit has an energization timing setting circuit which sets the energization timing of the three-phase brushless motor. If a regenerated voltage is generated by decelerating the three-phase brushless motor with sine wave signals and the power supply voltage rises, then the energization timing setting circuit sets energization timing changed by the lead angle value or the lag angle value on the basis of the adjustment signal to further decelerate the three-phase brushless motor. | 02-09-2012 |
20120068643 | Motor driving device - A motor driving device driving coil terminals of a three-phase motor to flow three-phase currents includes: a pulse modulator generating three-phase modulation pulses, each of which has a duty ratio in accordance with a voltage level of a coil terminal; a shift amount selection unit selecting a first shift amount corresponding to at least one of two predetermined amounts according to a pulse width of the longest pulse among the three-phase modulation pulses; a first shift unit shifting the second-longest pulse among the three-phase modulation pulses backward by the first shift amount to delay timing; a second shift unit shifting the third-longest pulse among the three-phase modulation pulses backward by a predetermined second shift amount to delay timing; and an inverter driving each of the coil terminals by switching a driving power supply with the three-phase modulation pulses by reflecting shift results of the first and second shift units. | 03-22-2012 |
20120081049 | DRIVE CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT - PWM conversion is efficiently executed. An output control circuit comprises a flip-flop which reads crossing of a reference value by a rotational state signal from a motor, and generates a motor drive control signal according to a state of the flip-flop. A clock generator generates a clock which defines a time of reading data in the flip-flop of the output control circuit. A PWM conversion circuit PWM-converts the drive control signal using the clock as a PWM signal. | 04-05-2012 |
20120181959 | DRIVING APPARATUS OF SENSORLESS BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A driving apparatus of a sensorless brushless motor includes an inverter circuit supplying a power supply voltage to three phase terminals of three phase armature windings of the sensorless brushless motor provided with a stator and with a rotor including a pair of magnetic poles, a PWM generator circuit generating a pulse-width modulation signal, a position detection circuit operating at a particular phase of the pulse-width modulation signal, detecting an induced voltage induced at the terminal that is in a non-energization time zone and detecting a rotational position of the rotor, an inverter control circuit determining an energization time zone and transmitting an energization control signal to the inverter circuit, and a PWM delay circuit generating a pulse-width modulation signal for position detection by delaying the pulse-width modulation signal, wherein the position detection circuit operates at a particular phase of the pulse-width modulation signal for position detection. | 07-19-2012 |
20120181960 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A zero-cross detection unit monitors an AC voltage detected by a voltage sensor, generates a zero-cross point signal when the voltage crosses 0V, and supplies the signal to a controller. A rotation number setting unit sets a rotation number command to serve as a target of a synchronous motor. A rotation number correction coefficient data table stores correction coefficient data for a target rotation number. A correction coefficient data extraction unit extracts correction coefficient data in accordance with an elapsed time of the zero-cross point signal generated by the zero-cross detection unit from a rotation number correction coefficient data table, and outputs the data to a corrected rotation number creation unit. The corrected rotation number creation unit corrects the rotation number set by the rotation number setting unit in accordance with the extracted correction coefficient data, and outputs the corrected rotation number to a sine wave data creation unit. | 07-19-2012 |
20120200244 | DRIVING APPARATUS OF SENSORLESS BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A driving apparatus of a sensorless brushless motor includes an inverter circuit supplying a power supply voltage, of which duty ratios is variably controlled by a pulse-width modulation method, a PWM generator circuit generating a pulse-width modulation signal, a position detection circuit operating at a predetermined phase of the pulse-width modulation signal and detecting a rotational position of the rotor, and an inverter control circuit transmitting an energization control signal determined based on the pulse-width modulation signal to the inverter circuit. The PWM generator circuit provides a stepwise increase and decrease of a pulse-width modulation frequency in a normal PWM frequency, a low-speed PWM frequency, and a high-speed PWM frequency in response to an increase and decrease of one of following parameters; the commanded duty ratio, the commanded number of rotations of the motor, a detected duty ratio, and a detected number of rotations of the motor. | 08-09-2012 |
20120212167 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH VARIABLE SWITCHING FREQUENCY AT VARIABLE OPERATING SPEEDS - A data processor establishes a first range of rotational speeds of a rotor of the motor from a first lower limit to a first higher limit and a second range of rotational speeds from a second lower limit to a second higher limit. A hysteresis band or a rotational range of speeds is established such that during operation in the first range the first higher limit is adjusted (e.g., raised by a first amount to be greater than the second lower limit). A sensor detects or measures a rotational speed of a rotor of the motor. The data processor determines whether the measured rotational speed falls within the first range or the second range, as adjusted by the hysteresis band, to identify a selected speed range. A switching frequency of a pulse-width modulation signal is varied in accordance with the selected speed range. | 08-23-2012 |
20120229064 | TIME DELAY LOGIC OF MOTOR CONTROL - Circuitry for controlling a motor, such as a brushless motor (BLM), is disclosed. The circuitry may comprise one or more inputs for receiving rotor position signals from one or more Hall effect sensors that detect the position of, for example, a BLM rotor. The circuitry may also comprise an input for receiving a pulse width modulated speed control signal. The circuitry generates one or more drive signals, each drive signal having a plurality of driving intervals. Each drive signal may control power switches during its driving intervals, the power switches being coupled to electromagnets of the BLM. The circuitry may cause the driving intervals of a first drive signal to be temporally spaced from the driving intervals of a second drive signal. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229065 | INVERTER POWER GENERATOR - An inverter includes a voltage command generator generating a voltage command value according to an externally specified voltage value, a PWM signal generator generating a PWM signal according to the voltage command value and frequency command value, and a switching unit generating a three-phase AC power according to the PWM signal. The voltage command generator decreases the voltage command value if the output current increases, to prevent the rotation speed of a prime move from suddenly changing. If the output current exceeds a preset upper current threshold, the voltage command value is clamped at a preset minimum output voltage, thereby securing the minimum output voltage for an increase in the output current. | 09-13-2012 |
20130015795 | Motor Driving Apparatus Having Adjustable Slope of Motor SpeedAANM LEE; Teng-HuiAACI New Taipei CityAACO TWAAGP LEE; Teng-Hui New Taipei City TWAANM Yu; Kuo-YungAACI New Taipei CityAACO TWAAGP Yu; Kuo-Yung New Taipei City TW - A pulse width modulation (PWM) module is configured to adjust the input PWM control signal and the motor can be implemented in different rotation speed to enhance the flexibility of the implementation of the motor when the PWM control signals are the same. In addition, the PWM modulation block in the present invention includes a PWM direction control circuit, a PWM vector transfer circuit and a PWM signal generation circuit. Apparently, the PWM modulation block of the present invention is connected to a PWM control signal inputted by an external system and an external adjustment apparatus; by setting up the adjustment apparatus, the vector and the modulation direction of the PWM control signal can be adjusted, and the duty cycle of the PWM control signal can also be adjusted. | 01-17-2013 |
20130063059 | DRIVER HAVING DEAD-TIME COMPENSATION FUNCTION - Proposed is a driver having dead-time compensation function. The driver having dead-time compensation function generates an output voltage according to a voltage command and a frequency command. The driver includes an inverter, an output current detector and a control unit. The inverter receives a DC voltage and operates with a pulse width modulation mode so that the driver outputs the output voltage and an output current. The output current detector detects the current value of the output current to generate a output current detecting signal. The control unit outputs a switching control signal to inverter according to the voltage command and the frequency command. The control unit corrects a reference command according to dead-time and the output current detecting signal related to the output current so that amplitude and waveform smoothness of the output voltage and the output current are compensated. | 03-14-2013 |
20130134914 | Electric Motor Control - A drive system, for a multi-phase brushless electric motor comprising a plurality of phases, comprises: a drive circuit including switch means arranged to vary the phase voltage applied to each of the phases so as to switch the motor between a plurality of active states; and control means. The control means is arranged to control the switch means so as to provide PWM control of the phase voltages to control the mechanical output of the motor. The control means is arranged to define a sequence for all of the active states and, for each PWM period, to allocate state times for the states required for that period to generate a desired net voltage, and to order the required states in the same order as they occur in the sequence. | 05-30-2013 |
20130147406 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MULTIPHASE ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A control system controls a multiphase rotating machine by a 120° energization process and a PWM process. In the 120° energization process, respective ones of switching elements of a high side arm and switching elements of a low side arm of a power conversion circuit are turned on. In the PWM process, the switching elements of the power conversion circuit turn on/off so that two phases that are connected to the switching elements that are in the on-state are alternately rendered conductive to the high potential side input terminal and the low potential side input terminal of the power conversion circuit. | 06-13-2013 |
20130221882 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT, MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND MOTOR DRIVING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a motor driving circuit including: a duty ratio detection unit that detects a duty ratio of input pulse-width-modulation applied to control a speed of a motor; a speed detection unit that detects the speed of the motor; and a driving control unit that detects a targeted speed corresponding to the duty ratio of the input pulse-width-modulation by using relationship data between the duty ratio of the input pulse-width-modulation and the targeted speed that are previously stored and controls a driving of the motor so that the speed of the motor is equal to the targeted speed. By this configuration, a speed of the motor can be accurately controlled. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221883 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT, MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND MOTOR DRIVING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a motor driving circuit including: a duty ratio detection unit that detects a duty ratio of input pulse-width-modulation applied to control a speed of a motor; and a driving control unit that detects an output duty ratio corresponding to the duty ratio of the input pulse-width-modulation by using relationship data between the duty ratio of the input pulse-width-modulation and an output duty ratio that are previously stored and controls a duty ratio of a driving signal applied to the motor according to the output duty ratio. By this configuration, a speed of the motor can be accurately controlled. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221884 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A carrier generating unit applies a carrier that monotonically decreases to a switching control unit during either one of a first period that is a period immediately following a period in which a voltage command value is a value not more than a minimum value of the carrier, the voltage command value taking a first predetermined value larger than the minimum value of the carrier in the first period, and a second period that is a period immediately preceding a period in which the voltage command value is not less than a maximum value of the carrier, the voltage command value taking a second predetermined value smaller than the maximum value in the second period. | 08-29-2013 |
20130249455 | MODULARIZED CONTROL CIRCUIT WITH SIGNAL-CAPTURING FUNCTION FOR FAN MOTOR AND CONTROLLING METHOD - A modularized control circuit with a signal-capturing function for a fan motor is disclosed. The modularized control circuit includes a driven circuit and a microcontroller integrated circuit. The driven circuit is electrically connected to the fan motor to produce at least one analog driven voltage signal, thus driving the fan motor. The microcontroller integrated circuit is electrically connected to the driven circuit and includes a signal-capturing module, a control unit, and a driven signal generator. The signal-capturing module receives an external pulse signal to produce a cycle-capturing signal. The control unit is connected to the signal-capturing module and receives the cycle-capturing signal to produce a control signal. The driven signal generator is connected to the control unit to receive the control signal, thus producing a plurality of switch driven signals for controlling the driven circuit. | 09-26-2013 |
20130264979 | Controller for a Three-Phase Brushless D.C. Motor - Controller for a three-phase brushless D.C. motor has a full bridge circuit and an electronic control unit (ECU). The full bridge circuit has three branches each with switches connected to the motor windings. The switches are driven by signals from the ECU. The drive signals are arranged in two sets of three signals. The two sets are offset by 180 electrical degrees. The drive signals of each set are offset by 120 electrical degrees and each have an active portion, alternating with an inactive portion. The active portion includes an initial interval of pulsed activation, an intermediate interval of continuous activation, and a final interval of pulsed activation. The active portion of the drive signals is greater than 120 electrical degrees, with each initial interval of pulsed activation of a switch overlapping the final interval of the previously activated switch. | 10-10-2013 |
20130293167 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC MOTORS OF A COMMON ASSEMBLY - A first motor controller generates commanded speeds of a first rotor of a first electric motor for a first time interval and a second time interval. A first speed monitor detects observed speeds of the first rotor for the time intervals. A first ratio is determined based on a relationship between respective commanded speeds and corresponding observed speeds for the first time interval and the second time interval. A first data processor increments a persistence counter for the first motor if the first ratio increases or changes during the time intervals. A first motor deceleration is estimated if the persistence counter exceeds a stall limit count. A target rotor speed of a second motor is adjusted based on the estimated first motor rate of change to track the first motor rate of change (or first rotor speed) if the persistence counter exceeds the stall limit count. | 11-07-2013 |
20140042942 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND CONTROL SIGNAL, GENERATION METHOD - The present invention provides a semiconductor device, an electrical device, and a control signal generation method that enable easy generation of a given control signal even by a comparatively low cost and low processing power microcontroller. Namely, a microcontroller of a motor control system includes a PWM device equipped with a PWM setting register. The PWM setting register includes a duty update cycle register, a duty update value register and a duty update-times number register. A PWM generator generates and outputs a PWM signal according to values set in each register of the PWM setting register. The PWM device is capable of generating and outputting a PWM signal automatically with the PWM generator according to setting values set in the PWM setting register, even without an interruption by the software (CPU). | 02-13-2014 |
20140062359 | VEHICLE INCLUDING MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle, including a motor having a rotor, a resolver that detects a rotation angle of the rotor and a control device, and a control method for the vehicle are provided. The control device executes rectangular-wave control over the motor using the rotation angle of the rotor, detected by the resolver, executes zero learning for learning a deviation between an origin of an actual rotation angle of the rotor and an origin of the detected rotation angle of the rotor, corrects the detected rotation angle of the rotor on the basis of a result of the zero learning, and, when the zero learning has not been completed yet, executes avoidance control for avoiding a rapid variation in output of the motor. | 03-06-2014 |
20140091741 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS AND MOTOR DRIVING METHOD - There are provided a motor driving apparatus and a motor driving method capable of decreasing power consumption by readjusting a preset duty ratio according to a voltage level of driving power. The motor driving apparatus includes: a driving power detecting unit detecting a voltage level of driving power used to drive a motor; a speed controlling unit adjusting a preset duty ratio of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal when the voltage level detected by the driving power detecting unit is equal to or less than a preset reference voltage; a driving controlling unit generating a driving signal having the duty ratio from the speed controlling unit; and a driving unit driving the motor according to the driving signal of the driving controlling unit. | 04-03-2014 |
20140117897 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS - There is provided a motor driving apparatus capable of stably performing operation conversion between a normal mode and a sleep mode by counting a duty of the PWM signal according to a preset clock signal, the motor driving apparatus including: a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generating unit providing a PWM signal for driving a motor; a driving unit operating normally in a normal mode and waiting for operation in a sleep mode according to a control, and driving the motor in response to the PWM signal of the PWM signal generating unit; and a driving controlling unit counting a duty of the PWM signal according to a preset clock signal to determine an operation mode of the driving unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140117898 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DUTY RATIO OF PWM SIGNAL - There are provided a circuit and a method for detecting a duty ratio of a PWM signal. The circuit includes: a counting unit counting a PWM signal; a detection indication determining unit determining whether a detection indication signal indicating a start of detection of the duty ratio of the PWM signal has been input; an edge detecting unit detecting a preset PWM edge of the PWM signal; and a duty calculating unit calculating the duty ratio of the PWM signal using a count value during a section from a k-th point in time (T(k)) (k being a natural number of 1 or more) at which the PWM edge is detected after it is determined that the detection indication signal has been input to a k+1-th point in time (T(k+1)) at which the PWM edge is detected after it is subsequently determined that the detection indication signal has been input. | 05-01-2014 |
20140125263 | MOTOR CONTROLLER - A system and a motor controller for a motor vehicle, the motor controller having electronics configured to bring about the energization of the windings of an electric motor. A clock generator is configured to send a clock signal which controls the processes of the electronics. The motor controller is operatively connected to a slave of a bus system in order to transmit and/or receive signals, and the clock of a clock signal being provided by the bus master is used via the slave to synchronize the clock generated by the clock generator of the motor controller. | 05-08-2014 |
20140132189 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed herein are a motor control apparatus, an image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus including the same, and a motor control method, by which position error of a motor and a control value for compensating for the position error are calculated and reflected in feedback control, thereby quickly removing position error of the motor. The motor control apparatus includes a detector to detect rotation of a motor to output a feedback signal, a measurer to measure speed and phase difference of the feedback signal and a target signal applied to the motor and to measure position counts by counting rising edges or falling edges of the target signal and feedback signal using a reference clock signal, and a calculator to calculate speed error of the motor from the measured speed of the target signal and feedback signal, to calculate position error of the motor from the measured position counts of the target signal and feedback signal, and to calculate control values for compensating for the speed error, the position error, and the phase difference. | 05-15-2014 |
20140152213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR - There are provided an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor. The apparatus for controlling a motor includes a signal generation unit generating a first signal indicating position information of a rotor, a counter unit sampling the first signal with a second signal different from the first signal for one period to count a sampling frequency, a memory unit storing a section counter value and an error value obtained by sampling a period immediately prior to the first signal with the second signal, and a comparison unit increasing and reducing an output signal when the sampling frequency counted by the counter unit coincides with the section counter value, wherein the comparison unit sums the sampling frequencies corresponding to error values with the sampling frequency of the first signal before the counter unit ends the sampling of one period of the first signal. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152214 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A control device stores, as a dead time Td, a period from a point of time of a switching-off operation of an inverter to a point of time when an inverter output voltage becomes lower than a control target value “0”. In overmodulation PWM control over the inverter, the control device performs the switching-off operation at a time t1, and thereafter starts a switching-on operation at a time t2 with passage of dead time Td read from a memory. With the setting of dead time Td, the inverter output voltage becomes lower than the control target value “0” at time t2 at which the switching-off operation is started. Hence, the inverter output voltage just after the switching-on operation is less likely to be affected by surge voltage during the switching-off operation, whereby the peak value of the inverter output voltage is made small. | 06-05-2014 |
20140159624 | MOTOR DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND MOTOR USING THE SAME - There are a motor driving control apparatus and method, and a motor using the same, the motor driving control apparatus including a back-electromotive force detecting unit detecting back-electromotive force generated from a motor apparatus, an offset correcting unit determining whether an offset delay is present in the back-electromotive force detecting unit and correcting the offset delay when the offset delay is present, and a controlling unit controlling a driving of the motor apparatus using the back-electromotive force in which the offset delay is corrected by the offset correcting unit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140159625 | MOTOR DRIVING MODULE, OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR SYSTEM - The inventive concept provides a motor driving module, a operating method for the same, and a Brush less Direct Current (BLDC) motor system. The motor driving module is provided which comprises a motor driving unit configured to output a plurality of switching signals based on a plurality of position signals and a control signal; and a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) inverter configured to output 3-phase voltages based on the plurality of switching signals outputted from the motor driving unit, wherein the motor driving unit comprises; a correction circuit configured to detect an error of the plurality of position signals to output a compensation signal based on the detecting result; and a control circuit configured to output the plurality of switching signals based on the compensation signal and the control signal, wherein the plurality of position signals indicate a position of a rotor in an external motor. | 06-12-2014 |
20140217936 | DRIVE DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD FOR BRUSHLESS MOTOR - The invention relates to a drive device and a drive method for a brushless motor. In a drive method in which a switching timing of energization patterns is detected by comparing a pulse induced voltage of a non-energized phase with a voltage threshold, when the pulse induced voltage does not reach the voltage threshold, the pulse induced voltage at an angle of switching the energization patterns is measured. Discrimination between a demagnetization failure and a lock failure is performed based on whether the measured pulse induced voltage satisfies a predetermined condition or not. When it is the demagnetization failure, motor control continues after changing the voltage threshold. When it is the lock failure, the motor control stops. | 08-07-2014 |
20140217937 | SINGLE-PHASE BRUSHLESS MOTOR DRIVER AND METHOD - A driving circuit for a single-phase-brushless motor and a method that includes a driving-signal-generating circuit configured to generate a driving signal for supplying, to a driving coil of the single-phase brushless motor, an output circuit coupled to the driving signal generating circuit; and an induced voltage zero-cross detecting circuit having a plurality of inputs and an output, a first input coupled to the driving signal generating circuit and configured to detect a zero cross of an induced voltage in response to operation in the de-energized period. | 08-07-2014 |
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20140340010 | SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE CONTROL APPARATUS - A synchronous machine control apparatus for correcting a rotor position error that is a difference between a rotor position of a synchronous machine and a rotor position detected by a position detection unit is provided with a current control device for performing control in such a way that respective current command values and respective current detection values in a generation direction (γ axis) of an armature interlinked magnetic flux and in a direction perpendicular (δ axis) to the generation direction of the armature interlinked magnetic flux coincide with each other and with a magnetic flux calculation device for calculating a phase of an armature interlinked magnetic flux, based on an armature current detection value of the synchronous machine and an armature voltage command value therefor; the rotor position error is corrected based on the γδ-axis current command values and a phase of the armature interlinked magnetic flux. | 11-20-2014 |
20140368139 | CONTROLLER FOR A BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A controller for a brushless motor that includes a PWM module configured in half-bridge or full-bridge mode. The PWM module outputs control signals for controlling the excitation of a winding of the motor, and one of the duty cycle and the period of the PWM module defines a time at which the winding is commutated. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368140 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A BRUSHLESS PERMANENT-MAGNET MOTOR - A method of controlling a brushless permanent-magnet motor. The method includes commutating a winding of the motor at times that are retarded relative to zero-crossings of back EMF in the winding. | 12-18-2014 |
20150035462 | MOTOR CONTROLLER - A motor controller includes an inverter portion having an upper switching element and a lower switching element which are connected in series, and an inverter control portion generating control signals and controlling a drive of each switching element. The inverter control portion generates the control signals such that (i) different phases of the upper switching element and the lower switching element are synchronously energized and intermittently turned on, (ii) a pulse-width modulation period of the upper switching element is equal to a pulse-width modulation period of the lower switching element, (iii) an on-period of one of the upper switching element and the lower switching element is greater than an off-period of the other one of the upper switching element and the lower switching element, and (iv) the off-period is in a time period from a time point the on-period starts to a time point the on-period completes. | 02-05-2015 |
20150054438 | CONTROL DEVICE OF AC MOTOR - A control device of a three-phase AC motor includes: an inverter; a current sensor for a sensor phase current; and a controller switching a switching element of each phase of the inverter and having a current estimation device, which calculates a sensor-phase-standard current phase according to α and β axis currents and a current estimated value of another phase. The current estimation device calculates the α axis current at every switching and intermediate timings, calculates a first differential value of the α axis current at every switch timing, calculates the β axis current according to the first differential value, calculates a second differential value of the α axis current at every intermediate timing, and calculates the β axis current according to the second differential value. The intermediate timing is set to have an unequal interval between two adjacent switch timings. | 02-26-2015 |
20150084558 | Electric Motor Phase Control System - A method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor. A controller is configured to identify a start time for a signal based on a back electromotive force present in an electric motor during operation of the electric motor. The start time is for a position of a rotor relative to a group of coils. The controller is further configured to send the signal to the group of coils using the start time identified. An effect of the back electromotive force on the signal is reduced. | 03-26-2015 |
20150084559 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE - A motor driving device includes a clock oscillator configured to generate a clock signal; and a logic unit configured to receive the clock signal, control conduction of a 3-phase brushless direct current (DC) motor, and generate a revolutions per minute (RPM) detection signal. The clock oscillator is configured to switch an oscillation frequency of the clock signal depending on an RPM command signal input to set a target RPM of the 3-phase brushless DC motor. | 03-26-2015 |
20150130378 | Driving Device and Driving Method for Motor, Cooling Device and Electronic Machine - The present disclosure provides a device and a method for driving a motor that demonstrates low noise and/or low vibration. A pulse-modulated control pulse signal S | 05-14-2015 |
20150303844 | INVERTER DEVICE - An inverter device includes a source current calculator and an inverter circuit, wherein: the source current calculator calculates an average value of the DC bus current Ical during a PWM cycle through arithmetic operation executed based upon instantaneous values of the DC bus current Idc of the inverter circuit; and the source current calculator provides an estimated value by designating the average current value Ical during the PWM cycle as an input source current Isrc during the PWM cycle. | 10-22-2015 |
20150333671 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM - A rotating electric machine control system having a power control unit equipped with a voltage converter and a controller. The controller is equipped with an operation unit having a time corrector for obtaining time from first and second timers with reference to an ignition signal and correcting a relative time difference between the timers. The operation unit obtains electric angles at a preset cycle after correcting time. A communicator obtains electric currents and voltages when obtaining the electric angles for generating a communication frame, and outputs the communication frame to the operation unit via the multiplex communication line. The operation unit simultaneously performs an operation for controlling an inverter and a booster converter based on the obtained electric currents, the voltages, and the electric angles, for reducing the number of communication lines between the power control unit and the controller without compromising controllability of the voltage converter. | 11-19-2015 |
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