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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Brian Edward Handlon, Arden, NC (US);
Jeffrey Carter, West Yorkshire, GB;
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling movement of an actuator includes an input power source that provides an input pulse width (PWM) signal; a motor driver that receives the PWM signal and provides a synthesized three-phase drive signal; a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor that receives the drive signal and operates in response to the received drive signal to reposition the actuator; and a controller that receives the PWM signal. The controller includes an amplitude detection module that detects the amplitude of the PWM signal, and a direction detection module that detects the polarity of the PWM signal.