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Brushless machine control

US6441580B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 2000
Grant dateAug 27, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P3/065
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switched reluctance machine uses a Hall-effect device to detect the flux in the flux path for each machine phase. The flux signal from the Hall-effect device is fed back to a controller which compares the flux feedback with a demand signal to produce an error signal. The error signal is used to control the machine flux using a control law function actuating timed switches for each phase.

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