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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2019
Applicant:
General Dynamics—ots, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Inventor:
Russell Steinbach, Healdsburg, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics—OTS, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/18 (2006.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01); H02P 6/16 (2016.01); H02P 25/08 (2016.01); H02P 25/03 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/182 (2013.01); H02P 6/16 (2013.01); H02P 25/03 (2016.02); H02P 25/08 (2013.01); H02P 27/08 (2013.01); G05B 2219/41336 (2013.01); H02P 2201/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor drive controller is provided that includes a current source inverter. The current source inverter includes driver circuitry configured to generate switching commands; a variable current source configured to generate a variable current that regulates power in a motor; and motor commutation circuitry configured to receive the variable current and switching commands, and to commutate phase currents that are output to the motor.