Electronically commutated electric motor with harmonic compensation
US9716450B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02P21/14
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to an electronically commutated electric motor with a stator and a rotor, which is designed as a permanent magnet rotor in particular. The electric motor also has a control unit which is connected to the stator. The control unit is designed to generate control signals for energizing the stator coils of the stator in order to generate a rotational magnetic field. The electric motor is designed to at least partly compensate for a torque ripple of a torque generated by the rotor. According to the invention, the electric motor has a rotor position sensor and a current sensor. The current sensor is designed to detect currents flowing in the stator coils and to generate a current signal which represents the currents. The control unit preferably has a processing unit which is designed to ascertain harmonics of the electromotive force dependent on the current signal, a voltage applied to the stator coils, and a rotor position signal generated by the rotor position sensor and to generate a control signal which compensates for the effect of the harmonics. The control unit, in particular the processing unit, is designed to superimpose the compensating control signal with…
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