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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Christian Paintz, Erfurt, DE;
Thomas Freitag, Erfurt, DE;
Christian Paintz, Erfurt, DE;
Thomas Freitag, Erfurt, DE;
Melexis Technologies NV, Tessenderlo, BE;
Abstract
In response to the determination or estimation of a back EMF zero crossing event for the phase, a time Tis calculated, Tbeing representative of the desired absolute maximum value of the phase current. Current samples are taken by the current sampling unit symmetrically centered around T. The values of the samples CS[] to CS[] are then input into the error function to calculate an error function value. The calculated error function value is input to the lead angle control unit which calculates a value for lead_angle. The value of lead_angle is calculated to be the adjustment in phase angle of the driving voltage profile that will minimize the absolute value of the error function. In generating and adjusting the driving voltage profile the driving voltage generation unit takes into account both lead_angle and the output of the position and speed estimation unit. The estimated motor speed may be used additionally in an outer speed control loop involving speed controller to adjust the amplitude (AMP) of the effective driving voltage.