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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Yu Chen, Malmesbury, GB;
Tuncay Celik, Malmesbury, GB;
Stephen Greetham, Malmesbury, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of controlling a brushless motor that includes rectifying an alternating voltage to provide a rectified voltage, and exciting a winding of the motor with the rectified voltage. The winding is excited in advance of predetermined rotor positions by an advance period that is updated in response to a zero-crossing in the alternating voltage. Additionally, a control system that implements the method, and a motor system that incorporates the control system.