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| 20080265820 | Motor driving circuits - A motor driving circuit comprising first and second input voltage source sets, a reference voltage source, first and second voltage level shift units, a logic unit, and an output voltage terminal. The first input voltage source set provides a first input voltage set. The second input voltage source set provides a second input voltage set. The reference voltage source provides a reference voltage. The first voltage level shift unit raises part of levels of the first input voltage set to a level of the reference voltage. The second voltage level shift unit partially raises levels of the second input voltage set to a level of the reference voltage. The logic unit receives the reference voltage and the first input voltage set and outputs a control voltage. The output voltage terminal receives the control voltage and outputs an output voltage. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080297089 | Method for Operating a Two-Phase Rotary Current Controller - A method is disclosed for operating a two-phase rotary current controller. In order to optimize the operation of a two-phase rotary current controller, magnitudes of a parameter that can be varied in both controllable phases of a two-phase rotary current controller is matched in these phases. In particular, the existing principle of phase-symmetric control with a uniform ignition delay in both controlled outer conductors is abandoned, and a separate ignition delay is stipulated for each of the two controlled outer conductors. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297090 | DRIVE CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ELECTRIC MOTOR EQUIPPED WITH SAME - The drive control circuit ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090009122 | FAN MOTOR SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT, FAN APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A fan motor speed control circuit includes: a driving circuit configured to drive a fan motor so as to run at a rotation speed corresponding to a drive signal; a comparison circuit configured to output a comparison signal for matching a rotation speed of the fan motor with a target rotation speed, based on a reference signal corresponding to the target rotation speed of the fan motor and a speed signal corresponding to the rotation speed of the fan motor; and a selection circuit configured to output to the driving circuit the drive signal corresponding to one signal out of the reference signal and the comparison signal, the one signal being a signal by which the fan motor is driven at a higher rotation speed. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090015185 | Semiconductor Module, and Hybrid Vehicle Drive Device Including the Same - A bus bar constitutes a power line and another bus bar constitutes an earth line. The bus bars are layered in the normal direction of an insulating substrate via an insulating member. Here, the bus bar positioned at the upper side is formed by a metal member and the bus bar positioned at the lower side is formed by a wiring layer formed on the insulating substrate. Since one of the bus bars is the wiring layer fixed to the insulating substrate, it is possible to assure heat radiation of the bus bar. Thus, it is possible to make the bus bar a wiring layer having a comparatively small cross sectional area and reduce the semiconductor module size in the normal direction. By mounting the semiconductor module on the drive device for a hybrid vehicle, it is possible to reduce the vertical-direction size when mounted on the vehicle and lower the position of the center of gravity of the vehicle to improve the running stability. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090058341 | Control method and system with feedback indicative of load flux - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed, including an induction-motor controller having a phase path; a solid-state switch interposed on the phase path; and a controller coupled to the solid-state switch. In certain embodiments, the controller is configured to switch the solid-state switch so that the solid-state switch is conductive during a conduction angle of a cycle of an incoming AC power waveform conveyed by the phase path, calculate the conduction angle based on a generally sinusoidal reference value that has a frequency lower than a frequency of the incoming AC power waveform, and adjust the generally sinusoidal reference value based on a value indicative of flux in a load coupled to the phase path. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090096403 | MOTOR CONTROL - A method of controlling a current of a three-phase electric motor with a three-phase controller. The firing angles are adjusted so as to leave a range of firing angles in which DC components appear. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090121669 | Motor Drive Device and Motor Drive Device Control Method - A motor drive device ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090167230 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT AND MOTOR DRIVING METHOD - A motor driving circuit includes a detecting unit, a signal control unit, a comparing unit and a driving unit. The detecting unit detects a rotation speed of a motor and thus outputs a detecting signal. The signal control unit generates a reference signal. The comparing unit electrically connected with the detecting unit and the signal control unit, and receives the detecting signal and the reference signal and thus outputs a comparing signal. The driving unit electrically connected with the comparing unit, and receives the comparing signal and thus outputs a driving signal to drive the motor. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090243530 | Variable voltage output power source for model trains - An apparatus that provides electrical power for the operation of analog motors or decoder-equipped motors, said apparatus comprising:
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| 20090243531 | INVERTER APPARATUS - An inverter apparatus comprises an inverter circuit using pairs of switching elements. The pseudo AC voltage of each phase of this inverter circuit is controlled by pulse modulation using pulses generated by a PWM generator, and the pseudo AC voltages are applied to a power supplied load. The average voltage of respective phases of the output voltages applied to the power supplied load is detected as a virtual neutral voltage corresponding to the neutral voltage of the power supplied load by detecting the voltage at a common node where the phases of a voltage detecting circuit provided between the inverter circuit and the power supplied load are connected. The detected virtual neutral voltage is fed back for controlling the output duty of each phase by the PWM generator. Thus the output voltage of each phase from the inverter circuit is controlled so as to become a target output voltage. The target output voltage can be accurately obtained stably at all times. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100052591 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR ADJUSTING SPEED OF A MOTOR BY CHANGING AN OUTPUT VOLTAGE - A motor driving circuit for adjusting speed of the motor by changing output voltage is disclosed. One end of the motor is coupled to a variable voltage source. The motor driving circuit includes a motor-driving unit, a control unit and a determining unit. The motor-driving unit includes a first end coupled to another end of the motor, a second end coupled to a ground and a third end, and is utilized for driving the motor. The control unit is utilized for controlling the voltage between the first end and the third end of the motor-driving unit. The determining unit is coupled between the variable voltage source and the control unit, and is utilized for controlling the control unit to adjust the voltage between the first end and the third end of the motor-driving unit according to magnitude of the voltage of the variable voltage source. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100060224 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SPEED OF BRUSHLESS MOTOR OF CEILING FAN AND THE CIRCUIT THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method and a circuit of controlling a speed of a brushless motor of a ceiling fan. The circuit includes a motor PWM duty consumption sampling unit and a motor speed sampling to sense a PWM duty and a speed of the brushless motor. A central processing unit is provided to compare the PWM duty and the speed of the brushless motor to a preset maximum PWM duty and a preset maximum speed. When the PWM duty reaches to the preset maximum PWM duty first, the central processing unit sets the current speed to be a maximum speed, and speeds of each level are calculated according to the maximum speed. If the speed reaches to the preset maximum speed first, a constant-speed control will take over to control the brushless motor, and speeds of each level are according to the preset speeds. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100295494 | ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control device controls a switching operation of a switching element such that an AC voltage allowing an AC motor to output torque in accordance with a torque command value is applied to a coil winding of each phase. The control device sets a gate resistance variably between a first pulse voltage at the time of reversal of polarity of the AC voltage and a remaining pulse voltage, in a drive circuit for turning on/off the switching element in response to a switching control signal. By making longer a time period for the first pulse voltage at the time of reversal of polarity to rise, occurrence of partial discharge in a gap between coil windings of respective phases is suppressed. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100327795 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A conveyor system includes an electric motor to move a conveyor. A voltage determining device is coupled to an alternating-electricity source that supplies alternating electricity to the conveyor system. A power supply appliance supplies power between the electric motor and the alternating-electricity source. The power supply appliance includes an inverter and an inverter control. The inverter includes a rectifying bridge and a motor bridge. The rectifying bridge input is coupled to the alternating-electricity source and the rectifying bridge output is coupled to the motor bridge input. The motor bridge output is coupled to the electric motor. The inverter control is coupled between the voltage determining device and the motor bridge. The inverter control is responsive to frequency and phase of the determined voltage of the alternating-electricity source to adjust the frequency and phase of the motor bridge output voltage such that the motor bridge output voltage is made to be essentially constant. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110043155 | Wireless Controlled Variable Speed Direct Current Motor - A remote and receiver system that allows user control over current output to a direct current motor. The control of current output grants users the ability to control the speed of rotation of a direct current motor. A speed controlled direct current motor can be utilized to control motor speeds within system such as a salt spreader. This can give users control over the flow rate and the spreading area of the salt. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110121772 | ROLLER MILL AND METHOD FOR SIZE REDUCTION OF GROUND MATERIAL - The invention relates to a roller mill having a grinding table, at least one grinding roller and at least two drives with a rotor winding for driving the roller mill and at least one adjustment device for adjusting the motor torque of at least one drive, the adjustment device being connected to the rotor winding of at least one drive in order to influence the rotor current. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110175562 | FAN CIRCUIT - A fan circuit controls a speed of a fan. A control chip outputs a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal that changes with the temperature of an electronic device that the fan is mounted in. An input circuit converts the PWM signal into a continual voltage signal. An amplifier circuit amplifies the voltage signal and outputs a control signal. When the control signal is less than a threshold voltage, the control circuit is turned on and the fan receives current which is less than preset current. When the control signal is greater than the threshold voltage, the control circuit is turned off and the fan receives current which is greater than the preset current. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110309781 | Motor Control Device And Motor Drive System - Provided is a motor control device including a voltage specifying unit which generates a specified voltage signal indicating a target value of an applied voltage to a motor on the basis of a specified current signal indicating a target value of supplied current to the motor, so as to control the motor in accordance with the specified voltage signal. An update unit is further provided, which sequentially updates a specified field current signal that is a field current component of the specified current signal to be given to the voltage specifying unit on the basis of difference information between a value of the specified voltage signal and a limit voltage value defined as an upper limit value of the applied voltage. The update unit includes a low pass filter. The specified field current signal after the update is generated on the basis of a signal obtained by passing the specified field current signal before the update through the low pass filter and the difference information. Otherwise, the specified field current signal after the update is generated on the basis of a signal obtained by passing an intermediate signal derived from the specified field current signal before the update and the difference information through the low pass filter. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120032626 | POWER SUPPLY WITH ADAPTED OUTPUT VOLTAGE - A home automation actuator ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120091939 | HIGH VOLTAGE DC ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING SYSTEM WITH PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATOR PROTECTION - A permanent magnet generator system provides protection from fault conditions. The system includes a permanent magnet generator having a first, second, and third winding wherein each winding has a first end and a second end. During the normal mode of operation, the first ends of the windings are shorted to a first neutral point and alternating current (AC) voltage developed in the first, second and third windings is provided to a primary output associated with the second ends of the windings. In response to a fault condition on the primary output side of the system, the second ends of the windings are shorted together to a second neutral point and the first ends of the windings are disconnected from the first neutral point. During the backup mode, AC voltage developed in the windings is provided to a secondary output associated with the first ends of the windings. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120133317 | SPEED ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT FOR A PLURALITY OF FANS - A speed adjustment circuit for a plurality of fans includes a voltage input terminal, a plurality of speed control modules, and a fan tachometer. Each of the speed control modules includes a fan connector, a speed adjusting unit, and a detector switch unit. The speed adjusting unit includes a switching control unit, a voltage adjusting chip, and a variable resistor. The detector switch unit includes a first switch. The voltage input terminal connects to the input terminal of the voltage adjusting chip through the switching control unit. The output terminal of the voltage adjusting chip connects to the power pin of the fan connector. The adjusting terminal of the voltage adjusting chip connects to ground through the variable resistor, and connects to the output terminal of the voltage adjusting chip through a resistor. The detection pin of the fan connector connects to the fan tachometer through the first switch. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120146567 | Rotator Control Device, Rotator System, Vehicle, Electric Car and Electric Generation System - To prevent demagnetization of a permanent magnet synchronous rotating machine, a rotating machine control device according to the present invention is a rotating machine control device comprising: a power converter having a switch part on each of a positive side and a negative side for each phase; and short circuit detection unit for detecting a short circuit of the switch part, wherein a command to turn on positive-side switches and negative-side switches of a plurality of phases of the switch part is issued in the case where the short circuit detection unit detects the short circuit. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120181968 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR IN A HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE FURNITURE ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a method for controlling operation of an electric motor in a height-adjustable furniture arrangement, wherein operation of the electric motor provides a height-adjusting function in the height-adjustable furniture arrangement. The method comprises the steps of providing, by a power supply unit connected to the electric motor, an incoming power comprising an incoming current and an incoming voltage, transforming the incoming current and the incoming voltage to a motor supply current and a motor supply voltage supplied to the electric motor, measuring load on the electric motor, and when the measured load requires a current higher than the incoming current for providing the height-adjusting function, setting the levels of the motor supply current and/or the motor supply voltage such that the motor supply current is higher than the incoming current and the motor supply voltage is lower than the incoming voltage. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120187887 | POWER UNIT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A power unit for an electric vehicle includes: a first power source connected between a first node and a second node; a first switch connected between the second node and a third node; a second power source connected between the third node and a fourth node; a second switch connected between the first node and the third node; and a DC-DC converter connected to the second node, wherein the DC-DC converter changes an electric potential of the second node by making the second node connectable to the fourth node or the third node, and an output electric power obtained from between the first node and the fourth node is supplied to an electric motor. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120187888 | VOLTAGE REGULATING DEVICE - A voltage regulating device for an electric motor has programmable control and regulation circuits carried by a circuit board mounted in a sealed support casing. The circuits have at least one programming terminal which is accessible from outside the support casing to enable programming of the circuits without opening the support casing. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120242269 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND FAN APPLY THERETO - A motor control system includes a voltage regulating module, an auxiliary activating module, and a drive module. The voltage regulating module is operable to receive a voltage and generate an electrical level regulated voltage by regulating the voltage. The auxiliary activating module is operable to generate a constant duty cycle signal and output the constant duty cycle signal for a period. The drive module is operable to receive the electrical level regulated voltage and the constant duty cycle signal, and control a motor based on the electrical level regulated voltage and the constant duty signal. Also, the present invention also discloses a fan which is applied to the above-mentioned motor control system. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120299522 | TWO-QUADRANT CHOPPER - A two-quadrant chopper including a first node, a second node, a third node and a fourth node wherein an input voltage may be applied between the first node and the second node, a first output voltage may be picked off between the first node and the third node and a second output voltage may be picked off between the third node and the second node. A first capacitor is between the first node and the third node and a second capacitor is between the third node and the second node. A collector of a first transistor is connected to the first node and an emitter of the first transistor is connected to the fourth node. A cathode of a first diode is connected to the first node and an anode of the first diode is connected to the fourth node. A collector of the second transistor is connected to the fourth node and an emitter of the second transistor is connected to the second node. A cathode of a second diode is connected to the fourth node and an anode of the second diode is connected to the second node. An inductor is arranged between the third node and the fourth node. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130009586 | INVERTER DEVICE AND ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM - An inverter device according to an embodiment includes a constant power controller. The constant power controller computes and outputs, when a value of a voltage reference to an AC motor exceeds a predetermined threshold value, a d-axis current reference correction value on the basis of the value of the voltage reference and the predetermined threshold value. Moreover, the constant power controller generates the d-axis current reference correction value by using a constant power model determined by a torque reference or a speed reference and a supplied direct voltage at an output switching timing determined based on a winding switching signal and outputs the d-axis current reference correction value for a predetermined time. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130033216 | MOTOR CONTROL UNIT AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - An ECU that controls a motor includes: a target current value setting unit setting a target current; a voltage detecting unit detecting a detected voltage on the basis of a detection signal from a voltage sensor; a voltage calculation unit calculating an estimated voltage on the basis of a power supply voltage of a battery; and an induced voltage observer calculating an induced voltage generated at the motor using an inter-terminal voltage based on the estimated voltage when the target current is set to a value other than zero; whereas the induced voltage observer calculates the induced voltage using an inter-terminal voltage based on the detected voltage when the target current is set to zero. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130069580 | PWM SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A PWM-signal-output circuit includes a detecting unit to detect periods in which a speed signal with logic level changing alternately and having a period corresponding to a motor-rotation speed is at one and the other logic levels, a dividing unit to divide each of the periods into first to third periods; a first output unit to change a PWM-signal duty-cycle in a stepwise manner toward an input-signal duty-cycle in the first period, a second output unit to cause a PWM-signal duty-cycle to become equal to an input-signal duty-cycle, to maintain a current flowing through the motor coil constant, in the second period; and a third output unit to change a PWM-signal duty-cycle in a stepwise manner from an input-signal duty-cycle, to decrease a current flowing through the motor coil, in the third period. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130099717 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR AN ELECTRIC FAN FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A control circuit for an electric fan, has a MOSFET transistor connected essentially in series with the motor of an electric fan between the two terminals of a first D.C. voltage source and having its source terminal connected to the motor; a transistor driving stage, having an input intended to receive a pulse-width modulation control signal and an output connected to the gate terminal of the MOSFET transistor, and a bootstrap capacitor connected between a second D.C. voltage source and the source terminal of the MOSFET transistor. A controlled electronic switch having a parallel-connected diode for conducting current from the bootstrap capacitor to the motor is arranged between the bootstrap capacitor and the source terminal of the MOSFET transistor. The electronic switch has a control input or gate connected to the output of the transistor driving stage. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130119915 | VARIABLE SPEED TRIGGER MECHANISM - A variable speed trigger mechanism that allows a user to reverse a direction of a motor and supply variable amounts of power to the motor using a single trigger mechanism. In a first motion, the user can actuate the reversing module to change the direction of the motor coupled to the trigger mechanism. In a second motion, the user can actuate the same trigger and apply variable amounts of power to the motor. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130193898 | Motor Control with Voltage Harmonic Shaping - A control system for an electric motor comprises a current sensing means arranged to produce a current sensing output indicative of electric current in the motor, current control means arranged to receive the current sensing output and to output a voltage demand indicative of voltages to be applied to the motor, and voltage demand correction means arranged to generate a correction signal and to use the correction signal and the voltage demand to produce a corrected voltage demand. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130193899 | MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention properly starts up various types of motors under operating conditions where motor operations are performed in a wide range of temperature and power supply voltage. Output drive controllers supply PWM drive output signals to the output pre-driver in such a manner as to minimize the error between a current instruction signal and a current detection digital signal. In response to a detected induced voltage generated from a voltage detector upon startup of a motor, an initial acceleration controller supplies initial acceleration output signals specifying a conducting phase for initial acceleration of the motor to the output drive controllers. The initial acceleration controller, the output drive controllers, and an output driver make a conducting phase change and perform a PWM drive to provide the initial acceleration of the motor in response to the detected induced voltage and to an error upon startup of the motor. Upper-limit duty values for the PWM drive output signals to be supplied from the output drive controllers to the output pre-driver during the period of the initial acceleration can be arbitrarily set in the output drive controllers. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130200837 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A WORK APPARATUS HAVING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND WORK APPARATUS HAVING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor in a work apparatus has a power characteristic line which runs between a lower rotational speed of the electric motor and an upper rotational speed of the electric motor. The power characteristic line has a power characteristic with a pronounced maximum (M) and an operating plateau (AP) which lies in a working rotational speed range (AD) of the work apparatus. A method for operating the electric motor provides for configuring the position of the operating plateau (AP) to be variable with respect to the rotational speed of the electric motor to achieve stable operating points over a wide rotational speed range. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130249461 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT - A motor drive circuit operates in a first mode in which the output current flowing to a first output terminal from a second output terminal is increasing or in a second mode in which the output current flowing to the first output terminal from the second output terminal is decayed. In the first mode, a first voltage signal is output from the first signal terminal and the ground voltage output from the second signal terminal and, in the second mode, a ground voltage is output from the first signal terminal and a second voltage signal is output from the second signal terminal. The motor drive circuit compares the signals output from the first and second signal terminals and output comparison results to a control unit for controlling the output current through the motor coil. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249462 | Driver Circuit And Driving Method - A driver circuit for driving an electrical load includes an input terminal pole connecting the driver circuit to an AC voltage source, an output terminal pole connecting the driver circuit to the load, a rectifier circuit connected to the input terminal pole for converting an AC voltage into a pulsating DC voltage, and a control element connected to the rectifier circuit and to the output terminal pole. The control element has a switch and a controller, the controller switching the switch on and off by means of a pulse train signal, wherein an electrical output value of the driver circuit is adjustable by switching the switch. The controller is configured to vary at least one time-based value of the pulse train signal within one period of the pulsating DC voltage such that a driver current is adjusted at the output terminal pole having a defined waveform within the period. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249463 | VARIABLE SPEED SWITCH - The variable speed switch according to the present invention is capable of outputting an electric signal for increasing or decreasing an amount of electric power supplied to the motor of an electric power tool according to a displacement amount of a switch-operating portion. The variable speed switch includes a wake-up contact configured to work when the switch-operating portion is operated and by which a voltage can be applied to a control circuit part of the motor to make the control circuit part in an operable state, and also includes a load sensor configured to receive a pressing force from the switch-operating portion by the displacement amount of the switch-operating portion after the operation of the wake-up contact is made and to output an electric signal according to the pressing force. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130257334 | GROUND FAULT DETECTION METHODS ON VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE SYSTEMS - A mining machine including a motor, an adjustable speed drive providing a voltage to the motor, the voltage having an excitation component comprising a magnitude and a frequency for operating the motor at a desired speed and including an additional voltage component for use in detecting a ground fault condition, and a ground fault relay for detecting a ground fault current when the ground fault current exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130300334 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power conversion apparatus is equipped with switching devices to perform power conversion of input AC power supplied from an AC power supply to output AC power having a predetermined voltage and a predetermined frequency, and to supply the power to a motor connected thereto. The apparatus includes a controller controlling switching of the switching devices, a capacitor smoothing a ripple generated by the switching of the switching devices, a current controller controlling a current flowing to the motor, and a voltage distortion corrector detecting a harmonic component caused by distortion in motor input power, and superimposing compensation values on an output of the current controller in accordance with a value of the harmonic component. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130307458 | Motor Driving Circuit and Method Thereof - A motor driving circuit for driving a motor includes: a driving-stage circuit, for converting an input voltage into a first output voltage and a second output voltage, and comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor; an output stage circuit, for converting the first output voltage or the second output voltage into a motor speed signal; and a control unit, coupled to the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors and the output stage circuit, for generating first, second, third and fourth transistor control signals to control the first, the second, the third and the fourth transistors respectively. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130342152 | MULTI-SHAFT MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE AND MULTI-AXIS MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM - A multi-shaft motor drive device comprises at least one amplifier module, a control substrate, and a power substrate. The at least one amplifier module is configured to supply power to at least one motor. The control substrate connected with the amplifier module. The power substrate is connected with the amplifier module. The amplifier module comprises a switching element. The control substrate is provided with a signal line disposed for controlling the switching element according to a motor control instruction from a master controller. The power substrate is provided with a power line disposed for supplying power to the amplifier module. The control substrate and the power substrate are arranged separately each other. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140015465 | VOLTAGE INCREASING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND POWER TOOL - A voltage increasing control circuit is connected to a power supply to regulate power supplied to a load. The voltage increasing control circuit includes a voltage increasing unit configured to increase voltage that is supplied from the power supply, and supply the voltage to the load. A power estimation unit determines whether or not to increase the power supplied to the load. A voltage control unit controls the voltage increasing unit. When the power estimation unit determines to increase the power supplied to the load, the voltage control unit controls the voltage increasing unit to increase the power supplied to the load. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140028237 | INVERTER CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An inverter control apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The inverter control apparatus and a control method thereof stably operate a three-phase motor using a capacitor having a small capacitance for a DC link. The inverter control apparatus includes a current sensor to sense an output current of the inverter, a voltage sensor to sense a DC-link voltage of the inverter, and a controller to generate an average of a periodically varying rotor based q-axis current boundary value based on the output current and the DC-link voltage to generate a current reference on the basis of the average of the rotor based q-axis current boundary value, and to drive a three-phase motor based on the current reference. Stabilized variable speed control of a motor by using a small-capacitance capacitor for a DC link of an inverter is performed and reliability of an inverter circuit improved. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028238 | Inverter Device - The present invention includes: an electrolytic capacitor that smoothes a rectified voltage to a direct voltage; an inverter circuit that generates an alternating voltage from the direct voltage, to drive an electric motor; a controlling device that controls drive of switching elements included in the inverter circuit; and a temperature measuring device that measures a temperature of the electrolytic capacitor, to output the measured temperature to the controlling device, in which, when the temperature obtained by the temperature measuring device is lower than a predetermined target temperature, the controlling device supplies the electric motor with a current which is restricted so that a ripple voltage of the direct voltage falls within an allowable range, before starting a normal operation of the electric motor, so that the temperature of the electrolytic capacitor is raised to the target temperature. Thus, the electrolytic capacitor can be used even in a lower-temperature environment. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140042949 | ROTATION-SPEED-CONTROLLED FAN WITH CONTROL OF THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric fan has a drive motor having a fan rotor, an apparatus for generating a rotation speed signal (n_i), an apparatus for generating a power level signal (P_i) that represents power consumed; a first regulator (n_RGL) for regulating the rotation speed signal (n_i) to a predefined target value (n_s); a second regulator (P_RGL) for regulating the power level signal (P_i) to a predefined power level signal target value (P_s) that corresponds to a predefined minimum consumed power level (P_min), where the first regulator (n_RGL) and the second regulator (P_RGL) apply at least one control output signal (SW) to the drive motor and interact in such a way that, during operation, the at least one control value (SW) in a first state is determined by the first regulator (n_RGL), and in a second state is determined by the second regulator (n_RGL). | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140055071 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a motor driving device including: a speed detection unit detecting a speed of a motor; a comparison unit comparing the speed of the motor detected by the speed detection unit with an external input speed; and a speed control unit outputting the reference speed as a control signal when the speed of the motor is equal to a reference speed or less and outputting a motor control signal generated based on a comparative value of the comparison unit when the speed of the motor exceeds the reference speed. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140062376 | FAN MOTOR - A fan motor, including: a variable speed motor and a motor controller. The motor controller includes: a microprocessor, an inverter unit, a gear detection unit, and a power supply unit. The power supply unit supplies power for each circuit. The gear detection unit is connected to a plurality of power input lines. Each power input line receives AC power from an AC power supply. The gear detection unit includes: a plurality of voltage detection circuits, and a plurality of thermal resistors. Each power input line is connected to a thermal resistor in series and matches up with a voltage detection circuit. Each voltage detection circuit includes a thermo-sensitive resistor that is bound to the corresponding thermal resistor via a thermal conductive element. The thermo-sensitive resistor detects a temperature signal of the thermal resistor and adjusts the voltage of the output end of the voltage detection circuit. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140077744 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING MOTOR SPEED AND SETTING THE LOWEST ROTATING SPEED AND THE DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A motor driving device and a driving method thereof is disclosed herein and comprises a PWM converting circuit, an oscillator, a comparator, a controlling unit. The PWM converting circuit converts an analog signal according to an adjustable the highest setting voltage, an adjustable the lowest setting voltage and a controlling signal. The analog signal and a triangular signal generated by the oscillator are inputted to the comparator to compare to output a drive signal to the controlling unit so as to control the motor speed. The motor driving device in the present invention can adjust the motor rotating speed curve to set the lowest rotating speed of the motor so as to achieve the function of changing the motor rotating speed and maintain the lowest torque of the motor to increase the flexibility of the motor speed control. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140097782 | MAGNETIC RADIAL BEARING WITH THREE-PHASE CONTROL - A magnetic radial bearing with low eddy current losses is made compact and easily actuable. For this purpose, a radial bearing with four coils (S | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140117914 | ANALOG-SWITCH CIRCUIT AND MOTOR DRIVE APPARATUS USING SAME - An analog-switch circuit ( | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140117915 | VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE VOLTAGE BOOST TO IMPROVE UTILIZATION - A variable frequency drive system including an alternating current electrical power source, an alternating current motor and a variable frequency drive connected to the power source and the motor. The variable frequency drive provides electrical power to the motor, and includes an active rectifier to convert a first alternating current from the power source to a direct current and an inverter to convert the direct current to a second alternating current. A variable frequency drive output voltage is greater than a variable frequency drive input voltage, compensating for the motor apparent current. A method of electrical power conversion includes urging a first alternating current from a power source to a variable frequency drive. The first alternating current is converted to direct current via an active rectifier of the variable frequency drive, and the direct current is converted to a second alternating current via an inverter of the variable frequency drive. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140145666 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLER APPLICATIONS - An integrated circuit is configured for controlling automobile door lock motors. The circuit includes half-bridge driver circuits, with each half-bridge driver circuit having an output node configured to be coupled to a door lock motor. A control circuit is configured to control driver operation of the half-bridge driver circuits. A current regulator circuit senses current sourced by or sunk by at least one of the half-bridge circuits. The control circuit responds to the current regulator circuit and the sensed current by controlling the driver operation to provide for a regulated current to be sourced by or sunk by said half-bridge circuit. The control circuit further controls the half-bridge driver circuits to enter a tri-state mode in order to support the making of BEMF measurements on the motor. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140152228 | DIVIDED PHASE AC SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR CONTROLLER - A divided phase windings circuit includes motor divided phase windings, a power switch circuit comprising at least one power switch and a direct current (DC) supply circuit all at a midpoint of the divided motor phase windings, and a non-collapsing DC power supply component to prevent the DC power supply from collapsing when the at least one power switch is on and conducting. The non-collapsing DC power supply component may include one or more of a tap from the motor divided phase windings electrically connected to the DC power supply, a secondary phase coil winding connected to the DC power supply to power the power supply, one or more resistors between the divided phase windings and the power switch circuit, one or more Zener diodes between the divided phase windings and the power switch circuit, and/or an electrical component to create a voltage drop between the motor divided phase windings and the power switch circuit to prevent the power supply from collapsing when the at least one power switch in the power switch circuit is on and conducting. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140184127 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS ADJUSTMENT OF REFERENCE SIGNAL TO CONTROL CHIP - The present disclosure is directed to a solution that provides for continuous adjustment of a reference signal to a control chip to facilitate controlling the average output power. In some aspects, a system may facilitate continuous adjustment of power provided to a device by providing a reference signal with a slope to a control pin (e.g., current control pin) of a control chip (e.g., power regulator or LED driver). Providing a reference signal with a slope (e.g., a triangle or a sinusoidal wave) can increase the control range of the control chip and improve control chip performance. For example, systems and methods of the present disclosure may increase the dimming range of an LED from less than 0.1% to 100%. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140191700 | OPERATING STATE CIRCUIT FOR INVERTER AND METHOD FOR SETTING OPERATING STATES OF AN INVERTER - The invention relates to an operating state circuit for actuating an inverter ( | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140232315 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING INPUT VOLTAGE IN ELECTRIC CHARGES - A method and a system for controlling input voltage ( | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140232316 | CONTROL MODULE FOR A MOTORIZED SURGICAL TOOL, THE MODULE INCLUDING A TRIGGER SENSOR, A MOTOR ROTOR SENSOR AND A CONTROL CIRCUIT THAT ARE SEALED FROM THE AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT - A control module for a motorized powered surgical tool. The module includes a trigger sensor, a motor rotor position sensor and control circuit. The trigger sensor and motor rotor position sensor output their signals by monitoring magnetic fields associated with, respectively the trigger and the motor rotor. Based on signals from the trigger sensor and the motor rotor position sensor, the control circuit selectively applies energization signals to the windings of the motor. The module includes a shell that separates the trigger sensor, the motor rotor position sensor and the control circuit from the motor. The shell is formed from material that both shields the components within the shell from affects of the ambient environment and that allows the magnetic fields to be detected by the sensors. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140239871 | BOAT ANCHOR WINCH - The invention provides a winch and method for raising and lowering a boat anchor attached to an anchor rope, comprising: an electric motor ( | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140292246 | MEDIUM VOLTAGE INVERTER SYSTEM - A medium voltage inverter system is provided. The inverter system includes a controller configured to short-circuit the output terminal of the inverter unit when failure occurs, a supply unit configured to supply an electric power to the controller, and an auxiliary rectifying unit configured to rectify the AC voltage provided through the input terminal and to supply the rectified AC voltage to the supply unit. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140306637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ALTERNATING CURRENT MACHINE - In one example embodiment, a device for controlling an alternating current (AC) machine is disclosed. The device includes a processor configured to determine a plurality of instantaneous voltages corresponding to a plurality of phase voltages of an inverter, the inverter driving the AC machine. The processor is further configured to determine an actual line-to-line voltage of the inverter based on the plurality of instantaneous voltages. The processor is further configured to determine a terminal voltage feedback for controlling the AC machine, based on the determined actual line-to-line voltage and a terminal voltage threshold. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306638 | METHODS OF DETERMINING MACHINE TERMINAL VOLTAGE AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - At least one example embodiment discloses a control device for controlling an alternating current (ac) machine. The control device includes a processor configured to select a modulation mode from a plurality of modulation modes, determine a plurality of present phase voltages corresponding to phases of an inverter based on the selected modulation mode, the determination compensating for deadtimes associated with the selected modulation mode and phases of the inverter, the inverter configured to drive the ac machine and determine an estimated terminal voltage based on the plurality of present phase voltages. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306639 | MOTOR DRIVER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A motor driver apparatus that is formed of a semiconductor integrated circuit which is supplied with an electric power and drives a direct current motor includes a signal generating part that generates an indication signal for indicating a back electromotive force generation period while the direct current motor generates a back electromotive force, a removing part that detects a voltage variation generated in a power-supply voltage by the back electromotive force generated by the direct-current motor during the back electromotive force generation period indicated by the indication signal, and removes the detected voltage variation, and a limiting part that limits the power-supply voltage so as to be less than a predetermined voltage at a speed higher than that in the removing part. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306640 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS WITH POWER FAILURE DETERMINATION UNIT - A motor control apparatus includes: a PWM rectifier; an inverter; a detection unit for detecting an AC voltage value of the PWM rectifier; a calculation unit for calculating a power supply voltage phase; a detection unit for detecting an AC current value of the PWM rectifier; a current loop control unit for generating an AC voltage command to control a power conversion operation of the PWM rectifier; a current loop saturation state determination unit for determining to be in a current loop saturation state when a magnitude of the AC voltage command is equal to or larger than a predetermined voltage prescribed value; an operation determination unit for determining whether the PWM rectifier is in a powering operation or in a regenerative operation and a power failure determination unit for determining a presence or absence of a power failure at the AC power supply side from the determination results. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140320056 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVE FRONT END FILTER CAPACITOR DEGRADATION DETECTION - Apparatus and methods are provided for detecting degradation of delta-connected filter capacitors in an active front end (AFE) power converter, in which delta circuit capacitor leg currents are calculated based on measured branch circuit currents, and filter capacitor impedance values are computed based on the calculated leg currents as well as measured line-to-line voltages and corresponding phase angles for comparison with one or more thresholds to selectively detect degradation of the filter capacitors. Further apparatus and methods are provided for detecting degradation of Y-connected filter capacitors by computation of fundamental frequency RMS impedance values as ratios of RMS capacitor voltages and RMS circuit branch currents, and comparison of the calculated RMS impedance values with one or more thresholds. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140340018 | CONTROL DEVICE OF AC ROTATING MACHINE - A control device of an AC rotating machine includes a controller receiving a current vector instruction and a detection current vector as inputs and outputs a voltage vector instruction to the AC rotating machine, an alternating current amplitude computation mechanism computing an alternating current amplitude of at least one of a parallel component and an orthogonal component with respect to the voltage vector instruction, an alternating current amplitude instruction generator generating an alternating current amplitude instruction from the current vector instruction, and a magnetic-pole position computation mechanism computing an estimated magnetic-pole position of the AC rotating machine. The magnetic-pole position computation mechanism computes the estimated magnetic-pole position so that the alternating current amplitude coincides with the alternating current amplitude instruction. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150008861 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE PROVIDED WITH FEEDFORWARD CONTROL - A motor control device for controlling a motor which drives a control target, includes: a speed feedback control unit which generates a pre-correction torque command for controlling such that an actual speed of the control target follows a speed command which is input; an inverse model calculation unit which calculates a coefficient of an inverse model with a transfer function inversed from a transfer function of the control target by using the speed command and the pre-correction torque command; a torque correction value generating unit which generates a torque correction value by using the speed command and the coefficient of the inverse model; and a torque command generating unit which generates a torque command for the motor which drives the control target by using the pre-correction torque command and torque correction value. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150022136 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ROTATION SPEED OF MOTOR - The present application discloses a device, method and system for controlling a rotation speed of a motor. The device includes: a reference voltage generating module generating a reference voltage; a PWM signal converting module converting a PWM signal into a voltage signal; a first comparator outputting a first level or a second level; a first switching element having a control terminal connected with an output terminal of the first comparator and a first terminal input with a first signal, and being turned on when receiving the second level and being turned off when receiving the first level; a follower having an input terminal connected with the PWM signal converting module; and a control signal outputting terminal outputting the first signal or the voltage signal. The device, method and system are capable of controlling the rotation speed of the motor to jump at a specific duty cycle. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150028788 | Enforced Zero Voltage Loop - A method of controlling a motor is provided. The method may determine one of a switching period, a fundamental cycle, and a current target per phase leg of the motor having at least one high voltage transition point; determine a dwell period to be enforced at the transition point between an engagement of a first switch of the phase leg and an engagement of a second switch of the phase leg where each of the first switch and the second switch may be selectively engageable between a first state and a second state; engage the first switch from the first state to the second state at the transition point; and engage the second switch from the first state to the second state after the transition point and upon expiration of the dwell period. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150042255 | CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN ACTUATOR - In some aspects, an actuation system includes an electrical positioning driver and an electrically-driven actuator. A voltage boost converter in the electrical positioning driver receives an input voltage. The voltage boost converter passes the input voltage to a voltage bus in the electrical positioning driver. The voltage on the voltage bus is converted to an actuator power signal that controls the electrically-driven actuator. The voltage boost converter boosts the voltage on the voltage bus to control a mechanical output performance of the electrically-driven actuator. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150048770 | ACCURATE CURRENT SENSING IN H-BRIDGE APPLICATIONS WITHOUT AMPLIFIER HAVING HIGH COMMON MODE REJECTION RATIO - A current sensing circuit may include a shunt resistance through which current to be sensed travels. A first and a second differential amplifier may each provide an amplified output of the voltage across the shunt resistance. A switching system may deliver a current sensing signal output based on the amplified output of the first differential amplifier when the common mode voltage across the shunt resistance is low and based on the amplified output of the second differential amplifier when the common mode voltage across the shunt resistance is high. The first differential amplifier may provide its lowest output DC offset voltage when the common mode voltage is low, while the second differential amplifier may provide its lowest output DC offset voltage when the common mode voltage is high. The first and second differential amplifiers may both have a low common mode voltage rejection ratio, such as a ratio of less than 40 db at the switching frequency of switches that control the current that is sensed. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150054443 | ENERGY SAVING METHOD FOR USE WITH ACTIVE PWM RECTIFIERS IN REGENERATIVE DRIVES - As described herein, a drive circuit for a three phase AC motor comprises an AC/AC converter. The converter has an input for receiving multiphase AC power from an AC source and converting the AC power to variable voltage and variable frequency from the AC source for driving the AC motor. A filter circuit is connected to the AC/AC converter and comprises at least one inductor per phase and at least one capacitor per phase. The capacitors are connected in a broken wye configuration with one side connected to one of the inductors and an opposite side connected via a three phase diode bridge rectifier to a switch. The switch is controlled by a converter control to selectively open or short a neutral point of the broken wye capacitor configuration. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150077030 | DUAL INVERTER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A dual inverter system to drive a motor in an electronic apparatus and a method of controlling the same include a first inverter connected to one side of a stator winding of the motor to modulate a pulse width and to adjust power supplied to the motor, a second inverter connected to the other side of the stator winding of the motor to modulate a pulse width and to adjust power supplied to the motor, a first current detector connected to the first inverter to detect a current flowing in the first inverter, a second current detector connected to the second inverter to detect a current flowing in the second inverter, and a controller to control the motor by controlling a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal applied to the first inverter or the second inverter based on the current flowing in at least one of the first inverter and the second inverter. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150097506 | Voltage Step-up Six-phase Autotransformer Passive Rectification AC-DC Converter - A three phase step-up autotransformer construction is discussed herein. The passive 12-pulse AC-DC converter offers simplicity, high reliability and low cost solution to AC-DC power conversion. The autotransformer is a component of the passive 12-pulse AC-DC converter. The autotransformer converts three-phase AC power into six-phase AC power. With appropriate vector design, the autotransformer may be configured to draw a near sinusoidal 12-pulse current waveform from the three-phase voltage source. The six-phase output may be configured to drive a rectifier (non-linear) load. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150097507 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS - A motor driving apparatus may include a bidirectional converter including an energy storage unit and converting power bidirectionally; an inverter receiving the power from the bidirectional converter and driving a motor; and a power passing unit transferring energy stored in the energy storage unit of the bidirectional converter to the inverter. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150102758 | MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLER, MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL METHOD AND MOTOR SYSTEM USING THE SAME - There are provided a motor drive controller, a motor drive control method, and a motor system using the same. The motor drive controller may include: a voltage-vector providing unit generating voltage vectors having the same magnitude; an inverter unit applying the voltage vectors to multiple phases of a motor device; and a rotor position determining unit detecting currents generated in the motor device by the voltage vectors and determining a position of a rotor of the motor device by using the currents and rotation information of the motor device. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150102759 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, AIR BLOWER AND COMPRESSOR INCLUDING THE MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND AIR CONDITIONER INCLUDING THE AIR BLOWER OR THE COMPRESSOR - A power conversion device includes a switching control unit that controls respective switching elements constituting a plurality of chopper circuits, a rectified-voltage detection unit, a bus-bar voltage detection unit, and a bus-bar current detection unit. The switching control unit includes an on-duty calculation unit that calculates a reference on-duty of respective drive pulses with respect to the switching elements based on a bus-bar voltage and a bus-bar current, an on-duty correction unit that corrects the reference on-duty to output on-duties of the respective drive pulses based on the bus-bar current, so that change amounts of respective reactor currents become substantially the same, and a drive-pulse generation unit that generates the respective drive pulses, based on the respective on-duties. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150108935 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER BRIDGE, AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL DEVICE, POWER BRIDGE AND ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE SYSTEM - A method performed in a power bridge ( | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150108936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BOOTSTRAP CHARGE STORAGE DEVICE - A charging circuit for at least one bootstrap charge storage element within an inertial load driver circuit is described, the at least one bootstrap charge storage element comprising a first node operably coupled to an output node of at least one switching element of the inertial load driver circuit. The charging circuit comprises at least one current source controllable to provide a current to a second node of the at least one bootstrap charge storage element, and at least one detection component arranged to receive at a first input thereof an indication of a voltage level at the output node of the at least one switching element of the inertial load driver circuit, detect when the voltage level at the output node of the switching element of the inertial load driver circuit is below a negative threshold voltage level, and control the at least one current source to provide a current to the second node of the at least one bootstrap charge storage element when the voltage level at the output node of the switching element of the inertial load driver circuit is below the negative threshold voltage level. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150115857 | HANDHELD POWER TOOL WITH COMPACT AC SWITCH - A power tool is disclosed having a compact AC switch assembly. An electric motor driving the power tool is contained within a housing that includes a handle. A trigger is slidingly received in the handle and moves in an axis of trigger travel along a trigger travel distance extending between an extended position of the trigger and a depressed position. A trigger switch including a printed circuit board is disposed in mechanical communication with the trigger and controls the electric motor in accordance with trigger position. The printed circuit board has a plurality of conductive traces that are sequentially arranged and linearly aligned adjacent the trigger in a direction that is transverse to the axis of trigger travel to reduce the width of the printed circuit board to a value that is less than or equal to three times the trigger travel distance. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150115858 | APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING PHASE ERROR IN INVERTER OUTPUT VOLTAGE - A phase compensation apparatus in an inverter output voltage in a system is provided, whereby performance of an inverter can be enhanced by compensating a time delay of measured voltage of inverter output voltage detection unit. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150115859 | CONTROL CIRCUIT - A circuit allows an energy efficient DC design to drop in to an AC application and interface directly with the AC signals in a cost effective manner. The circuit is implemented without any use of mechanically switched contacts. All switching of current is done through solid state devices. Positional feedback and speed of the motor is provided through an optically encoded output gear eliminating the need for mechanical position switches to determine motor rotational position. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150137725 | THRUST-REVERSAL DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO THRUSTREVERSERS - A thrust reverser device for an aircraft includes at least two thrust reversers, and each of them includes a movable cowl movably actuated by an actuator driven by an electric motor. The electric motor is powered by a single power-conversion module including at least one autotransformer which is supplied with an alternating electric voltage and connected to at least one rectifier stage converting the alternating electric voltage into a direct voltage. The rectifier stage is connected to a current balancing stage and a current smoothing stage, supplying with the direct voltage the electric motor of the electric actuator of the movable cowl. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150311853 | SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A THREE-PHASE VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE FROM AN UNBALANCED THREE-PHASE OR SINGLE-PHASE AC SOURCE - A variable frequency motor drive comprises a converter including a rectifier having an input for connection to an AC power source and converting the AC power to DC power. A DC bus is connected to the rectifier circuit. At least one bus capacitor is across the DC bus. An inverter receives DC power from the DC bus and converts the DC power to AC power to drive a motor. A controller is operatively connected to the converter. The controller comprises a speed control controlling the inverter responsive to a speed command to maintain a desired motor speed. A speed foldback control measures DC bus ripple voltage and regulates the speed command responsive to the measured DC bus ripple voltage. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150311894 | Systems and Methods for Sensing Current Through a Low-Side Field Effect Transistor - Systems and techniques detecting a reverse current are disclosed. An apparatus comprises a switching circuit coupled to a load and a reference node. The switching circuit may be capable of conducting a reverse current from the reference node to the load when a voltage at the load is lower than a voltage at the reference node. A voltage source has a first terminal coupled to the load, a second terminal configured to follow a voltage at the load, and produces a voltage proportional to a voltage drop across the switching circuit. A comparator circuit is coupled to compare a voltage at the second terminal of the voltage source to the voltage at the reference node and configured to indicate when the reverse current has a magnitude greater than a predetermined threshold. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150314685 | ELECTROMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING ENERGY AND POWER BATTERIES, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A hybrid vehicle includes electrical storage devices, a charging device, a motor generator, a diode, an outlet and a relay. The first electrical storage device stores driving electric power. The charging device charges the first electrical storage device with the user of a power supply outside the vehicle. The motor generator has a power generation function. The second electrical storage device stores electric power that is generated by the motor generator. When electric power is output to a device outside the vehicle from the outlet, the relay limits electric power, which is output from the first electrical storage device, such that electric power stored in the second electrical storage device is output. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150318791 | MOTOR DRIVE WITH SILICON CARBIDE MOSFET SWITCHES - Motor drive power conversion systems are provided including a rectifier and a switching inverter, wherein the switching devices of the rectifier, the inverter and/or of a DC/DC converter are silicon carbide switches, such as silicon carbide MOSFETs. Driver circuits are provided for providing bipolar gate drive signals to the silicon carbide MOSFETs, including providing negative gate-source voltage for controlling the off state of enhancement mode low side drivers and positive gate-source voltage for controlling the off state of enhancement mode high side drivers. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150333687 | INVERTER DEVICE AND PWM SIGNAL CONTROL METHOD - A duty ratio calculation section ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150349676 | Methods and Apparatuses for Selectively Controlling Motor Power Boards - Methods and systems for building arbitrary motor controllers are described. An example motor controller may include multiple motor power boards connected in a stacked configuration and coupled in parallel. Each motor power board may include one or more power transistors and one or more gate drivers having an input terminal coupled to a control signal connector and an output terminal coupled to a gate terminal of the one or more power transistors. The example motor controller may also include a power bus connector coupled, in parallel, to a respective output terminal of each of the multiple motor power boards. Further, the example motor controller may include a control system coupled to the control signal connector and configured to selectively enable a set that includes one or more of the multiple motor power boards based on an output power requirement. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150357857 | Circuit Arrangement For Discharging An Electrical Energy Store And Power Converter Comprising Such A Circuit Arrangement - A circuit assembly for discharging an electrical energy store includes a first discharge current path for uncontrolled, passive discharging of the energy store and for keeping a defined charge voltage of the energy store, and a second discharge current path for controlled, active discharging of the energy store. A semiconductor switch electrically connects to a positive current connection of the energy store and to a negative current connection of the energy store. A voltage limiter includes a first current connection for electrically connecting to the positive current connection of the energy store and a second current connection for electrically connecting to the negative current connection of the energy store. The circuit assembly further includes a first control path for providing a first control signal from the first current connection of the voltage limiter to the control connection of the semiconductor switch in order to control the semiconductor switch. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150357957 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - A motor control device of the present invention supplies a detection current to a motor at predetermined time intervals, detects a voltage between the both ends of a smoothing capacitor when the detection current is supplied, and determines whether a connector is inserted or unplugged based on a change in the voltage between the both ends of the smoothing capacitor. Furthermore, if determining that the connector is unplugged, the motor control device decreases the voltage between the both ends of the smoothing capacitor to or below a defined value by discharging the smoothing capacitor. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150357961 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING COMMON MODE VOLTAGE - An apparatus and a method for that reduce a common mode voltage are provided. The apparatus includes a detecting unit that is configured to detect a common mode voltage between a drive shaft and a frame of a drive motor. In addition, a gate resistance unit of a power module is connected to the drive motor. A controller is configured to adjust a magnitude of resistance of the gate resistance unit, based on a magnitude of the detected common-mode voltage and a magnitude of a predetermined reference voltage. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150357988 | FILTER DEVICE AND ELECTRIC-VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROLLER - A filter device that removes a noise current generated by an inverter includes a first filter capacitor that is provided in parallel to a direct-current unit of the inverter, a first filter reactor that is provided between a high-potential side of the first filter capacitor and an overhead line that is a power supply source of direct-current power, and a series circuit unit in which a fuse serving as a circuit disconnecting unit that is disconnected when a current larger than a rated current flows therein, a second filter reactor serving as an inductance element, and a second filter capacitor serving as a capacitance element are connected in series, where one end of the series circuit unit is connected to a low-potential side of the first filter capacitor and one end of the first filter reactor is connected to the series circuit unit. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150365030 | DC MOTOR CONTROL METHOD AND DC MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT - The present disclosure provides a DC motor control method comprising comparing a first periodic signal and a second periodic signal for generating a control signal, wherein the frequency of the first periodic signal is lower than the frequency of the second periodic signal; configuring the amplitudes of the first periodic signal and the second periodic signal according to the needed speed of the DC motor, wherein increasing the ratio of the amplitude of the first periodic signal to the amplitude of the second periodic signal when the needed speed of the DC motor is increased, and decreasing the ratio of the amplitude of the first periodic signal to the amplitude of the second periodic signal when the needed speed of the DC motor is decreased. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160006376 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FAULT TOLERANCE - A system for controlling fault tolerance may include a first controller connected to a driver, a first switch connected in parallel to the first controller, a first capacitor connected in parallel to the first switch, a second switch connected in parallel to the first capacitor and different from the first switch, a first power supply connected in parallel to the first capacitor and connected in series to the second switch, and a second capacitor connected to the first switch and a ground of the first power supply and different from the first capacitor. When the first controller is broken down, the second switch may be turned off to interrupt power supply from the first power supply, and the first switch may be turned on to discharge electric charges charged in the second capacitor. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160013748 | VOLTAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, MOTOR UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160028230 | DC Energy Transfer Apparatus, Applications, Components, and Methods - This discloses apparatus including, but not limited to, an all Direct Current (DC) energy transfer circuit, a energy transfer controller, an all-DC energy transfer network, components of use in such circuits, and application apparatus that benefits from including and/or using the all-DC energy transfer device and methods of operating the above in accord with this invention. The application apparatus may include, but are not limited to, a hybrid electric vehicle, an electric vehicle, and/or a solar power device, in particular, a hybrid electric/internal combustion engine automobile. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160043682 | Divided Phase AC Synchronous Motor Controller - A phase windings circuit for a motor includes at least two phase windings forming one half of motor phase windings of the circuit and at least two other phase windings forming another half of the motor phase windings of the circuit. A direct current (DC) power supply is located at least approximately at a midpoint of the motor phase windings to receive alternating current (AC) power transferred from one or more of the phase windings and convert the AC power to DC power. A first stage power switch circuit comprises at least one power switch outside of the DC power supply and is electrically connected at least approximately at a midpoint between phase windings on each half of the circuit. A second stage power switch circuit comprises at least one other power switch outside of the DC power supply and is electrically connected at least approximately at the midpoint of the divided phase windings to receive AC power from the motor divided phase windings. A non-collapsing DC power supply component prevents the DC power supply from collapsing when the at least one power switch or the at least one other power switch is on and conducting. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160049896 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE INCLUDING POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, AIR BLOWER AND COMPRESSOR INCLUDING MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, AND AIR CONDITIONER, REFRIGERATOR, AND FREEZER INCLUDING AIR BLOWER AND COMPRESSOR - The power conversion device includes a power-supply shunt resistance provided between an inverter and the negative-voltage side of a DC power supply, respective-phase lower-arm shunt resistances provided between the power-supply shunt resistance and respective-phase lower-arm switching elements, a first overcurrent detection unit performing overcurrent detection on a current that flows through the power-supply shunt resistance on the basis of a power-supply shunt-resistance voltage, and a second overcurrent detection unit performing overcurrent detection on each current that flows through the respective-phase lower-arm shunt resistances on the basis of respective-phase lower-arm voltages, wherein overcurrent detection is performed on each phase current using either one of the overcurrent detection result of the first overcurrent detection unit and the overcurrent detection result of the second overcurrent detection unit. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160056818 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, POWER CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - In order to reduce the cost and the like of a power control device including a semiconductor device such as a driver IC, as well as an electronic system, the driver IC includes a high side driver, a level shift circuit, first and second transistors, and a comparator circuit. The first transistor is formed in a termination area. The second transistor is formed in the termination region and is driven by a first power supply voltage. The comparator circuit is formed in a first region to drive the first transistor to be ON when the voltage of a sense node is lower than the first power supply voltage, while driving the first transistor to be OFF when the voltage of the sense node is higher than the first power supply voltage. The second transistor is a depression type transistor. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160065205 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT OF HIGH-SIDE TRANSISTOR, SWITCHING OUTPUT CIRCUIT, INVERTER DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A gate driving circuit for turning on a high-side transistor when an input set pulse is asserted and turning off the high-side transistor when an input reset pulse is asserted is provided. The gate driving circuit includes first and second inverters to receive the intermediate set pulse from a level shift circuit to generate first and second set pulses; third and fourth inverters to receive the intermediate reset pulse from the level shift circuit to generate first and second reset pulses; a logic circuit to mask the first set pulse and the first reset pulse by using the second reset pulse and the second set pulse to generate an output set pulse and an output reset pulse, respectively; a flip-flop configured to receive the output set pulse and the output reset pulse to output a driving pulse; and a driver to drive the high-side transistor according to the driving pulse. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160077542 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF A SWITCHED CURRENT CIRCUIT - An apparatus and corresponding method are provided to control a switched current circuit by switching the switched current circuit into an ON-state, waiting an amount of waiting an amount of time t | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160079904 | DRIVE UNIT EMPLOYING GALLIUM NITRIDE SWITCHES - A switching assembly for use in a drive unit for driving a motor. The switching assembly includes a gallium nitride switch having a gate terminal, drain terminal and source terminal; a gate driver generating a drive signal; a gate drive circuit including a turn on resistor in series with the gate driver and the gate terminal and a clamping circuit connected across the gate terminal and the source terminal, a turn on drive signal from the gate driver being applied to the gate terminal through the turn on resistor; and a snubber circuit connected across the drain terminal and source terminal. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160087572 | Motor Drive Device and Motor Drive Method for EPS System - A motor drive device includes an inverter that drives a motor, a power source smoothing capacitor of the inverter, and a control unit that controls the inverter to drive the motor. The control unit precharges the capacitor with a power source voltage, and calculates a capacity value of the capacitor, based on a ratio of the power source voltage and a voltage with which the capacitor is charged, or an amount of time taken until the voltage with which the capacitor is charged, after the passage of a predetermined amount of time from the start of the precharge, reaches a voltage corresponding to the power source voltage. The control unit performs torque limitation of the motor when the capacity value of the capacitor has decreased. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160094039 | Parallel Modular Converter Architecture - A system and method for providing power to a vehicle is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of parallel module converter modules (“modules”) each capable of supplying a predetermined electrical load. The plurality of parallel module converter modules can be networked to form a parallel module converter (“converter”) for prioritizing and allocating each electrical load to one or more parallel module converter modules. Each module can include an internal protection controller and a logic controller. The individual modules can provide power to various loads in the vehicle either alone, or in concert with other modules. The system can enable fewer power controllers to be used, saving weight and time. The controllers in the system can also be utilized at a higher level reducing unnecessary redundancy. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094040 | Systems and Methods For Reducing Circulating Current and Phase to Phase Imbalance In A Parallel Modular Converter System - A system and method for providing power to a vehicle with reduced circulating current and phase-top-phase imbalance is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of parallel module converter for prioritizing and allocating each electrical load to one or more parallel modular converter modules. The system can also comprise a load balancer to ensure that differences in the properties (e.g., impedance) of the parallel modular converter modules do not create circulating currents or phase-to-phase imbalances. The load balancer can monitor the outputs to the plurality of parallel modular converter modules and modify the inputs to equalize, synchronize, or both the outputs. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160111930 | MOTOR, METHOD FOR DRIVING MOTOR, AND DRIVE CONTROLLER FOR MOTOR - A motor includes a two-layer rotor and a two-layer stator. The two layer rotor includes an A-phase rotor and a B-phase rotor that are stacked together. When θ1 represents, in electric angle, an angle of the B-phase stator relative to the A-phase stator in a clockwise circumferential direction, and θ2 represents, in electric angle, an angle of the B-phase rotor relative to the A-phase rotor in a counterclockwise circumferential direction, θ1+|θ2|=90° is satisfied. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160118961 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device disclosed in the present specification has a structure that includes: a first terminal that is to be externally connected to a power source line; a second terminal that is to be externally connected to a ground line; a third terminal that is internally connected to the first terminal and to be externally connected to a first terminal of a bypass capacitor; and a fourth terminal that is internally connected to the second terminal and to be externally connected to a second terminal of the bypass capacitor. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160126878 | ELECTRICAL DRIVE SYSTEM AND ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS THEREFOR - A drive system may have at least one electric motor which can be fed via power electronics which can be connected via a DC circuit to a voltage source and having an energy storage apparatus for buffering energy fed back from the electric motor. An energy storage apparatus for such a drive system may include at least one electrical storage block, a bidirectional DC/DC converter for connecting the named DC voltage circuit to the internal voltage circuit of the storage block and a control unit for controlling the DC/DC converter. The control unit may include output and feed control means for controlling the DC/DC converter The DC/DC converter, the storage block and the control unit may be combined into an energy storage unit having a common housing in which the named components are received and at whose outer side two connections are provided for connecting to the DC voltage circuit. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160141977 | SEVEN-LEVEL INVERTER APPARATUS - It is composed of a three-phase three-level inverter | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160172993 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160181914 | Voltage Doubler and Voltage Doubling Method for Use in PWM Mode | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160190971 | MOTOR CONTROLLER - Provided is a motor controller for controlling a motor system including a power converter, a smoothing capacitor and a three-phase AC motor. The motor controller includes a generation unit configured to generate a modulation signal by adding a third harmonic signal to a phase voltage command signal, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the power converter using the modulation signal. The third harmonic signal includes a first signal component that causes an absolute value of a signal level of the modulation signal to be greater than an absolute value of a signal level of the phase voltage command signal at a timing in which an absolute value of a signal level of a phase current becomes minimum in each phase | 06-30-2016 |
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| 20160380565 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT AND MOTOR THEREOF - The present disclosure illustrates a motor drive circuit. The motor drive circuit includes a resistor module, a multiplexer, a data control unit, an analog-to-digital converter and a register. The resistor module receives an input voltage and generates at least one parameter voltage. The parameter voltage is associated with a motor speed curve of a motor. The multiplexer receives the parameter voltage. The data control unit controls the multiplexer to output the parameter voltage. The analog-to-digital converter receives the parameter voltage and converts the parameter voltage to digital form, and then outputs the digital parameter voltage to the data control unit. The register stores the digital parameter voltage outputted by the data control unit. A controller determines the motor speed curve according to the digital parameter voltage stored in the register, and drives the motor in response to the motor speed curve. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160380570 | MOTOR CONTROL CENTER INCLUDING AN INTEGRATED DUAL BUS CONFIGURATION - A medium voltage drive and control system includes a dual bus configuration including an AC bus and a DC bus, a converter module connected to the AC bus and structured to receive AC power from the AC bus and convert the AC power to DC power, a DC link module coupled to the converter module and to the DC bus, wherein the DC link module is structured to store the DC power and provide the DC power to the DC bus, and a plurality of inverter modules, each inverter module being coupled to the DC bus and being structured to receive at least a portion of the DC power from the DC bus and convert the at least a portion of the DC power to quasi-sinusoidal AC output power for provision to a load associated with the inverter module. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160380571 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL HEAT GENERATION IN INITIAL CHARGING CIRCUIT - A motor driving device includes: a converter that converts AC power into DC power; a DC link capacitor provided for the DC link; an inverter that converts DC power into AC power for a motor; an initial charging circuit that charges the DC link capacitor; a potential difference determination unit that determines a potential difference between both ends of the initial charging circuit; a direct current detecting unit that detects direct current supplied to the initial charging circuit; an alternating current detecting unit that detects alternating current supplied to a motor; and an abnormality determination unit that determines that abnormal heat generation occurs in the initial charging circuit when the alternating current detecting unit detects alternating current and the direct current detecting unit detects direct current, in a case in which a potential difference occurs between both of the ends of the initial charging circuit. | 12-29-2016 |
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| 20220140766 | POWER CONTROL METHOD AND POWER CONTROL APPARATUS - A power control method for calculating a duty command value to be used for a PWM control, generating a PWM signal corresponding to a comparison result between the duty command value and a carrier signal, and applying a PWM voltage to a load by driving an inverter based on the PWM signal. The power control method comprises obtaining a compensation amount according to a phase shift generated in the PWM voltage so as to compensate for the shift, correcting the compensation amount according to a cycle of the carrier signal, and correcting the duty command value depending on whether a strength of the carrier signal is increasing or decreasing using the corrected compensation amount. | 05-05-2022 |
