Motor control system and method for selectively shorting motor windings

    公开(公告)号:US11671034B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US17394311

    申请日:2021-08-04

    CPC classification number: H02P3/22 B62D5/046 B62D5/0463

    Abstract: A motor control system shorts motor windings of a motor by using enhancement metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) so that the motor generates braking torque when all or some electric control units of the motor are disabled or failed. The motor control system comprises: a motor comprising a plurality of motor phase terminals; a plurality of electric control units electrically connected to the motor and configured to control the motor, wherein the electric control units configured to output control signals, respectively; a plurality of power sources, each of the power sources electrically connected to a respective one of the electric control units; and a shorting circuit connected between the power sources and the motor, the shorting circuit configured to selectively short the motor phase terminals in response to one or more of the control signals of the electric control units.

    Apparatus and method for calibrating motor position offset using back electromotive force zero crossing detection

    公开(公告)号:US12294329B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-06

    申请号:US18116816

    申请日:2023-03-02

    Abstract: A circuit for calibration a motor position in a motor having multiple phases including first, second, and third phases is electrically connected to a first phase winding and a second phase winding of the motor. The circuit comprises a comparator having first and second inputs; and a plurality of resistors electrically connected between the motor and the comparator, the plurality of resistors comprising: first parallelly-connected resistors and second parallelly-connected resistors which are connected in series and are connected between the first input of the comparator and the first phase winding of the motor, third parallelly-connected resistors and two or more fourth parallelly-connected resistors which are connected in series and are connected between the second input of the comparator and the second phase winding of the motor, and fifth parallelly-connected resistors connected in series with the second parallelly-connected resistors and connected in series with the fourth parallelly-connected resistors.

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