Patents by Inventor Domenico Arrigo

Domenico Arrigo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Drive system of a brushless motor equipped with hall sensors self-discriminating the actual phasing of the installed sensors
    Patent number: 6310450
    Abstract: A method is for decoding three logic signals produced by three Hall effect sensors installed in an electronically-switched three-phase brushless motor according to a sequence of six driving phases to be switched synchronously with a rotor position. The method includes determining a real phasing of the three Hall effect sensors at 60, 120, 300 or 240 electrical degrees. The determining is accomplished by decoding a whole set of eight possible combinations of the three logic signals produced by the three Hall effect sensors. The real phasing of the three Hall effect sensors is discriminated based upon two dissimilar combinations from among six valid combinations, the six valid combinations from among the eight possible combinations. The method further includes determining the rotor position based upon the real phasing of the three Hall effect sensors and generating logic driving signals synchronous with the rotor position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Domenico Arrigo