Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motor driver and a method of operating thereof
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Application No.: US15424008Application Date: 2017-02-03
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Publication No.: US10056858B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: David Victor Pietromonaco
- Applicant: ARM Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: H02P25/092
- IPC: H02P25/092 ; H02M3/158 ; B60L11/00 ; H02M3/155 ; H02P25/08 ; H02K11/22 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
Apparatus is provided comprising an electrical motor comprising a rotor and a stator, the rotor comprising a plurality of rotor teeth and the stator comprising a plurality of stator teeth. The apparatus has a driver circuit to drive the electrical motor comprising a boost converter comprising a charge storage element and coupled to a first terminal of a coil winding on at least one of the plurality of stator teeth, and a buck converter comprising the same charge storage element and coupled to the same first terminal of the coil winding on the at least one of the plurality of stator teeth. An inductive element of the boost converter and the buck converter is provided by the coil winding of the at least one of the plurality of stator teeth, and the charge storage element is referenced to a supply node for coupling the second terminal of the coil winding to an electrical supply.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170149368A1 MOTOR DRIVER AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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