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Control apparatus for electric motor

US6696812B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims
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Filing dateSep 20, 2001
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S903/916
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control apparatus controls a voltage applied to an AC motor from a power converter with a PWM signal, and has two different magnetic pole position-estimating units which estimate a rotor magnetic pole position of the AC motor, and has a switching unit which selects any one of these two kinds of magnetic pole position-estimating units.

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