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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael James Turner, Leeds, GB;
Charles Richard Elliott, Leeds, GB;
Assignee:
Switched Reluctance Drives Ltd., Harrogate, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/46 ;
Abstract
A switched reluctance drive is supplied from a power source and has a DC link capacitor. The phases of the machine are controlled by a current chopping controller which, during phase conduction overlap, controls the initiation of chopping in a second phase so as to minimize the current drawn from the capacitor, thereby allowing a reduction in the capacitor rating.