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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2021
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A motor controller for controlling a drive of a motor having plural phase windings includes upper and lower arm circuits and a control unit. The control unit switchingly controls ON/OFF of switches of the upper and lower arm circuits, for sequentially switching an energized phase of the motor. Then, from among the plural switches, a switch forming an energization path to the energized phase is designated as an energized phase switch with the others of the plural switches being designated as non-energized phase switches. Further, from among the non-energized phase switches, a switch forming a path of a reflux current that accompanies the switching of the energized phase is designated as a reflux switch. Then, the control unit performs an ON control of the energized phase switch in addition to performing an ON control of the reflux switch.