Abstract: A method of determining an electrical angle offset of a motor position sensor mounted to a multi-phase electric motor, the method comprising rotating a rotor of the multi-phase electric motor at a motor velocity using an external drive system, measuring a motor phase voltage of each phase of the multi-phase electric motor, the motor phase voltage comprising a back-EMF generated by the rotation of the motor, converting the motor phase voltage to a DQ reference frame to form a DQ motor phase voltage and calculating the electrical angle offset from the DQ motor phase voltages.

Abstract: A shift range control apparatus acquires a motor rotation angle signal corresponding to a rotation position of a motor, calculates a motor angle based on a motor rotation angle signal, acquires an output shaft signal corresponding to the rotation position of an output shaft, sets a target rotation angle based on a target shift range and the output shaft signal, drives the motor to cause the motor angle to reach the target rotation angle, determines the shift range based on the output shaft signal, monitors a fault in the output shaft signal, and learns a P-side reference position corresponding to the motor angle in a situation where the engagement member abuts against a first wall portion of the shift range switching mechanism, in a condition that the fault occurs in the output shaft signal.

Abstract: A double-stator PM machine having: an outer stator generating an outer electromagnetic field dependent on an outer three-phase supply current; an inner stator generating an inner electromagnetic field dependent on an inner three-phase supply current; a PM rotor rotated by the outer and inner electromagnetic fields between the outer and inner stators; and a control arrangement controlling the outer and inner supply currents. There is an electrical connection between neutral points of the outer and inner stators. The control arrangement is configured for controlling the outer and inner supply currents such that there is a relative angle shift of 30° between the outer and inner supply currents and such that a third order current harmonic component is circulated between the outer and inner stators.

Abstract: A brushless DC motor control device for a ceiling fan is electrically connected to a brushless DC motor and includes at least one switch, a processor, and a driving module. The processor includes at least one detection module and a processing module. The switch transmits a switch signal to the detection module for detection. After the detection module detects an operating electric potential and a normal electric potential of the switch signal, the detection module outputs a detection signal to the processing module. The processing module outputs a control signal to the driving module, so that the driving module transmits a driving signal to the brushless DC motor to control the rotational speed, stop and rotational direction of the brushless DC motor.

Abstract: A robot control method of controlling motion of a robot arm by using a servo motor includes adding d-axis electric current to a motor electric current command (steps 15-6, 15-8) if external temperature is less than or equal to a predetermined value (step 15-3), and if an absolute value of the motor electric current command is less than or equal to a predetermined value (step 15-4), and if a value of detected overload is less than or equal to a predetermined value (step 15-5).

Abstract: An apparatus, such as an adjustable frequency drive (AFD), includes an inverter configured to be selectively coupled to a motor in a first mode and an AC line in a second mode and a control circuit configured to operate the inverter as a motor drive in the first mode and as a power compensator in the second mode. The power compensator may provide power factor correction. The control circuit may include a scalar controller configured to control the inverter according to a voltage vs. frequency characteristic determined by a field weakening point reference and the control circuit may vary the field weakening point reference in the second mode. The inverter may have an input coupled to a DC bus and the control circuit may be configured to adjust a frequency of the inverter in the second mode to increase a voltage on the DC bus.

Abstract: A method for operating an electrically commutated machine. In at least one method step, in particular in at least one method step of overmodulation operation of the electrically commutated machine, a precommutation angle of the electrically commutated machine is set depending on an efficiency of the electrically commutated machine.

Abstract: A control system for motor configured to control currents supplied to an armature coil and a field coil properly to achieve a required torque. The control system controls torque of a rotor by controlling a base torque generated by energizing an armature coil, and a field torque generated by energizing a field coil. When a target torque is equal to or greater than a predetermined torque, the controller controls the base torque and the field torque such that a ratio of the field torque to the target torque is increased greater than that of a case in which the target torque is less than the predetermined torque.

Abstract: A motor has stator windings arranged on a circumference of a stator, a rotor with rotor magnetic poles provided by N- and S-poles, and rotor windings arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor magnetic poles. Multiple-phase currents are supplied to the stator windings. A current is supplied to rotor windings. The multiple-phase currents include torque current components, which are arranged to be opposite in directions to torque current components of the current. By this mutually opposite-directional current arrangement, a magnetomotive force based on a sum of both torque current components becomes a local minimum. It is possible to reduce influence of the torque current components on the field magnetic fluxes of the motor. In the motor, circumferential magnetic flux components can be collected to an airgap and a portion therearound, so that a larger amount of torque can be obtained, and constant output control can be performed more easily.

Abstract: A motor is provided with stator windings arranged on a circumference of stator. Multiple-phase currents are supplied to the stator windings. A current is supplied to rotor windings. The multiple-phase currents include torque current components, which are arranged to be opposite in directions to torque current components of the current. By this mutually opposite-directional current arrangement, a sum of both torque current components results in a magnetomotive force of zero. It is also possible to reduce influence of the torque current components on the field magnetic fluxes of the motor. In the motor, circumferential magnetic flux components can be concentrated on an airgap and a portion near therearound, so that a larger amount of torque can be obtained, and constant output control can be performed more easily.

Abstract: Provided is an AC electric motor control device capable of detecting, in an AC electric motor drive device, abnormal operation of an AC electric motor or abnormal operation due to, for example, a sudden change of a load without an erroneous operation regardless of the operational state of the AC electric motor. When driving a three-phase AC electric motor by an inverter, inside a controller, an electric motor constant is calculated using at least one of the current, voltage, and rotational speed of the electric motor and the variation of the constant value is analyzed, thereby detecting abnormal operation of the electric motor or abnormal operation of a load device connected to the electric motor. In order to analyze the constant, a variation to be determined to be abnormal is preset or an abnormal value is calculated in comparison with the accumulated values of past constant changes. Alternatively, only the variation of the constant calculated in the controller is extracted to detect abnormality.

Abstract: For high frequency injection (HFI) transition disturbance elimination, a processor directs an HFI transition for a motor. The processor determines compensation pulse voltages for an HFI compensation pulse. The processor further injects a sum of the HFI compensation pulse and an HFI voltage into a current regulator voltage output signal for a compensation Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) cycle. The HFI compensation pulse settles an HFI current to a steady state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor drive apparatus and, more particularly, to a motor drive apparatus capable of immediately restarting by maintaining sensorless control during a stop operation of a motor. The motor drive apparatus comprises: an inverter for driving a motor by using an AC voltage; and a control unit for controlling operations of a switching element included in the inverter. At this time, when a stop command is input, the control unit decreases a duty ratio of a PWM signal until a present speed of the motor becomes smaller than a predetermined minimum speed, thereby decreasing the revolutions per minute of the motor. Then, when a restart command is input in a state where the duty ratio of the PWM signal is decreased, the control unit can immediately restart the motor by increasing the duty ratio of the PWM signal.

Abstract: A controller of a power tool is configured to, based on a sampled current of a motor of the power tool, output control signals that change with a change of a position of a rotor of the motor to control a drive circuit of the power tool such that an input voltage and/or a current of the motor changes approximately in a sine wave.

Abstract: A drive system includes at least one electrical machine and a plurality of rotating components, which are interconnected via shafts. A method for damping torsional oscillations in the drive system includes: determining angular speeds for at least one of the shafts based on measurements in the drive system; determining a damping torque from the angular speeds with a function that models at least some of the electrical machine, the rotating components and the shafts; adapting a reference torque for the at least one electrical machine by adding the damping torque; and controlling the at least one electrical machine with the adapted reference torques.

Abstract: An over-current protection device for a power generator includes a first pin, configured to receive a signal; a detection and control module, coupled to the first pin, and configured to detect the signal to determine whether the signal conforms to a pre-determined condition or not, and to output a control signal when the signal conforms to the pre-determined condition; and an auto-trim and memory module, coupled to the detection and control module, and configured to receive the control signal from the detection and control module for executing corresponding auto-trim measurements and storing corresponding adjustment data.

Abstract: A method with which stalling of a rotor of a sensor-free motor can be detected is described below. According to one exemplary embodiment, the method comprises operating an electric motor, wherein a rotation speed of the electric motor is controlled by field-oriented control, and wherein an estimate is calculated, wherein the estimate represents magnetic flux in the electric motor. The method further comprises calculating a value which represents the change in the magnitude of the estimate for the magnetic flux and comparing the calculated value with a threshold value in order to detect whether the calculated value lies below the threshold value. An error is flagged if it is detected that the calculated value lies below the threshold value for a specific time.

Abstract: For flux map identification, a method applies an initial voltage to a motor. The motor is a salient motor. The method generates a flux map for the motor. The method iteratively applies a variable voltage to the motor. The variable voltage includes a constant current change calculated from the flux map. The method iteratively modifies the flux map.

Abstract: A method of controlling a power converter, connected to an electrical grid, to mimic a synchronous generator, by: determining a frequency control error with respect to a setpoint and actual frequency of the grid, determining an input power to an inertia model of a synchronous generator based on the frequency control error, regulating by means of the input power a rotational frequency of the inertia model, determining a voltage control error with respect to a setpoint and actual voltage, determining an exciter parameter of a synchronous generator model based on the voltage control error, regulating by means of the exciter parameter an output voltage of the synchronous generator model, adjusting the rotational frequency or a phase angle obtained from the rotational frequency, and the output voltage based on a virtual impedance of a stator of the synchronous generator model, and controlling the power converter based on the adjusted rotational frequency or the adjusted phase angle and on the adjusted output volta

Abstract: A control circuit of a motor control device estimates an initial magnetic pole position of a rotor using an inductive sensing scheme. When estimating the initial magnetic pole position, a drive circuit applies a voltage to a stator winding at each of L electrical angles (L?5) while changing the L electrical angles. An absolute value of an electrical angle difference of the voltage applied to the stator winding between an i-th time (2?i?L) and an i?1st time is 180?360/L degrees or more and 180+360/L degrees or less. An absolute value of an electrical angle difference of the voltage applied to the stator winding between a 1st time for initial position estimation and a last time before starting initial position estimation is 180?360/L degrees or more and 180+360/L degrees or less.