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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Qunying Li, Allen, TX (US);
Juergen Luebbe, Fairview, TX (US);
Robert E. Whyte, Jr., Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/18 (2016.01); G05B 11/32 (2006.01); H02P 7/29 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/32 (2013.01); H02P 7/29 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a motor current input voltage-to-current (VI) converter that receives a motor current sensor voltage from a motor and a reference voltage to generate an output current related to a motor's current. A motor current calibration VI converter compensates for errors in the motor current input VI converter and generates a calibration output current based on the reference voltage, wherein the output current and the calibration output current are combined to form an estimate of the motor's current.