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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Stephen T. West, New Palestine, IN (US);
Wei D. Wang, Troy, MI (US);
Sean E. Gleason, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Stephen T. West, New Palestine, IN (US);
Wei D. Wang, Troy, MI (US);
Sean E. Gleason, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for detecting an insufficient or missing phase current in a permanent magnet synchronous motor, and includes determining a composite vector position of a combined three-phase phase current with respect to a stationary portion of the motor, and assigning a sector to the position. The method includes comparing the phase current to a calibrated threshold current corresponding to the sector, and executing a response when the absolute value is less than the threshold. A vehicle includes an energy storage device (ESD), a motor/generator configured as a permanent magnet synchronous motor, a voltage inverter, and a bus for conducting DC current from the ESD to the inverter. A controller detects an insufficient phase current, determines a current vector position of the three-phase AC, assigns a sector to the position, and executes a response when an absolute value of the phase current is less than a calibrated threshold.