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Patent No.:

US 8269442 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Hans Spirk, Lahr, DE;

Gualtiero Bagnuoli, Turin, IT;

Inventors:

Hans Spirk, Lahr, DE;

Gualtiero Bagnuoli, Turin, IT;

Assignee:

Micronas GmbH, Freiburg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/00 (2006.01); H02P 1/04 (2006.01); H02P 6/18 (2006.01); H02P 27/04 (2006.01); H02P 27/00 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A brushless D.C. motor includes having a rotor and a plurality of stator windings that define a stator field when driven by a bridge circuit, where a microprocessor drives the bridge circuit using a pulse-width modulation logic. The brushless D.C. motor is driven by triggering a commutation of the stator field; voltage induced by rotating the rotor in a non-energized stator winding is monitored to determine whether the voltage reaches, exceeds or is below a threshold voltage. A delay time between triggering the commutation of the stator field and the voltage reaching, exceeding or being below the threshold voltage is determined; and using the determined delay time a triggering time point for a next commutation of the stator field.


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Spirk, Hans. (2012). Method and apparatus for driving a brushless d.c. motor (U.S. Patent No. 8269442). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8269442

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