Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyungpook National University Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation

Hong-soon Choi

Jin-woo Cho

Seong-taek Lim

Won-ho Kim

Exemplary embodiments disclose a rotor of an electric motor and an electric motor using the same. The rotor includes a core which includes a plurality of protrusion portions which are arranged along an outer circumference of the core and protrude radially to an outer portion of the core, and a plurality of concave portions interposed between the protrusion portions; a plurality of permanent magnets which are respectively disposed at the plurality of concave portions; and a plurality of pole pieces which are disposed at the plurality of concave portions and at outer sides of the plurality of permanent magnets. A length of each of the plurality of pole pieces in an axial direction is shorter than a length of each of the plurality of protrusion portions in the axial direction.

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Daegu, South Korea

Hong-soon Choi