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Method for commutating a brushless motor and power supply for a brushless motor

US6028406A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1998
Grant dateFeb 22, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P2201/07
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method for commutation of a brushless motor being supplied with electrical energy from a DC intermediary circuit via a multi-phase inverter, by which a first current and a second current value are determined and the length of a commutation interval is set in dependence of these current values. With motors being exposed to heavily varying load torques during one rotation, e.g. motors driving a compressor, a stable operation must be reached. For this purpose a correction value is added to the pre-set commutation interval determined by the speed of the motor, said correction value being the result of the difference of the actual value of the intermediary circuit current and a filtered and delayed value of the intermediary circuit current, multiplied by a weighting factor.

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