Whirlpool Corporation

Mark C Schmidt

Wayne W Conard

Jason P Kachorek

A method of regulating a motor, including monitoring an absolute voltage value across an anode and a cathode of a triode via an analog switching circuit, the triode being configured to facilitate power a motor, activating a gate of the triode via the circuit in response to the absolute voltage value being greater than a predetermined threshold, and deactivating the gate of the triode via a switching circuit in response to the absolute voltage value being less than the predetermined threshold.

Analog dynamic triac firing circuit

A soft start circuit for a mixer is provided that includes an input for receiving an analog voltage representing a raw target speed; a current mirror for causing a speed target to change at a constant rate when the raw target speed represents a change from a current speed; and a comparator for receiving and comparing the raw target speed and an output from the current mirror and restricting the output from exceeding the raw target speed in order to restrict a soft start to only impede the speed target change when the raw target speed is increasing while not impeding the speed target change when the raw target speed is decreasing. The output of the soft start circuit is an analog representation of a soft start modified desired target speed.

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Mark C Schmidt