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Current control in driving DC-brushless motor with independent windings

US6057663A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 5, 1998
Grant dateMay 2, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P6/28
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The control of the current in a PWM mode through independently controlled windings of a multi-phase motor driven in a "bipolar" mode is implemented by employing only two sense resistors and related control loops. This is so regardless of the actual number of windings of the motor.

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