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Operating a brushless DC motor

US11563399B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

Robert Istvan Loerincz · Timișoara, RO
Marc Arabackyj · Nuremberg, DE
Edgar Jerichow · Nuremberg, DE
Mathias Kuhn · Eckental, DE
Thomas Gürtler · Nuremberg, DE
Andreas Pschorr · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2019
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 13, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02P3/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor control apparatus for a three-phase brushless DC motor. The motor control apparatus comprises a power converter which has, for each phase of the brushless DC motor, an electrical half-bridge having two electronic switches, and an application-specific integrated circuit for actuating the electronic switches of the power converter. The application-specific integrated circuit can be controlled by a programmable control unit in a normal mode, has a first interface for receiving an error signal signaling a malfunction and is designed to change the power converter to a defined final operating state independently of the programmable control unit after receiving the error signal.

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