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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Jerry Dee Thunes, Greenfield, WI (US);
Lixiang Wei, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Inventors:
Jerry Dee Thunes, Greenfield, WI (US);
Lixiang Wei, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dynamic braking circuit for an electronic motor drive shunts the DC link of the drive with a resistor using two control strategies. The first control strategy used for lower levels of braking employs a pulse width modulated signal and the second control strategy used for higher levels of braking uses a hysteretic signal significantly reducing switching losses in the semiconductor devices controlling the dynamic braking resistor allowing higher braking capacity.