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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2010
Applicants:

Ghodratollah Esmaeili Rineh, Waterloo, CA;

Sang Woo Nam, On, KR;

Manish Pande, Cambridge, CA;

Zhongyuan Cheng, Cambridge, CA;

Inventors:

Ghodratollah Esmaeili Rineh, Waterloo, CA;

Sang Woo Nam, On, KR;

Manish Pande, Cambridge, CA;

Zhongyuan Cheng, Cambridge, CA;

Assignee:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Current source converter (CSC) based motor drives and control techniques are presented in which DC link current is regulated to a level set by the output inverter during dynamic braking operation by pulse width modulation of a braking resistance connection signal to maintain control of motor torque and speed while mitigating or preventing line side regenerative currents.


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