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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald John Krefta, Noblesville, IN (US);
James E. Walters, Carmel, IN (US);
Fani S. Gunawan, Westfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/24 ;
Abstract
Method and system for controlling a permanent magnet machine driven by an inverter is provided. The method allows for monitoring a signal indicative of a fault condition. The method further allows for generating during the fault condition a respective signal configured to maintain a field weakening current even though electrical power from an energy source is absent during said fault condition. The level of the maintained field-weakening current enables the machine to operate in a safe mode so that the inverter is protected from excess voltage.