Patents by Inventor Jimin Oh
Jimin Oh 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).
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Patent number: 9602032Abstract: Provided is a BrushLess Direct Current (BLDC) motor system including a motor driving circuit configured to control a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) inverter in a first operation mode or a second operation mode according to a control signal, and output a switching signal according to each operation mode, the PWM inverter configured to receive the switching signal to output first three-phase voltages having a first frequency in the first operation mode, and output second three-phase voltages having a second frequency in the second operation mode, a sensorless BLDC motor configured not to operate in the first operation mode by operating based on three-phase voltages having a frequency in a different band from the first frequency, and operate in the second mode by operating based on three-phase voltages having a frequency in an identical band to the second frequency, and a parameter detecting circuit configured to calculate parameter information on the sensorless BLDC motor in the first operation mode by using sensType: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Minki Kim, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang, Jimin Oh, Sewan Heo
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Patent number: 9490735Abstract: A motor driving module is provided which includes a motor driving unit configured to control a PWM inverter on the basis of positional information and a control signal; a PWM inverter configured to output three-phase voltages on the basis of DC power according to control of the motor driving unit; a phase voltage estimating unit configured to output three-phase estimated voltages on the basis of the positional information, the DC power, and a voltage modulation index; and a position detecting unit configured to output the positional information on the basis of the three-phase estimated voltages, wherein the positional information is on an external motor that operates on the basis of the three-phase voltages.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Minki Kim, Jimin Oh, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20160248355Abstract: Provided is a motor driving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jimin OH, Minki KIM, Jung Hee SUK, Yil Suk YANG, Sewan HEO
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Publication number: 20160156294Abstract: Provided is a motor driving module for controlling a motor including a rotator and a stator, which includes a motor driving unit controlling a plurality of voltages applied to the motor on a basis of a position signal indicating a position of the rotator in response to an external control signal, an analog-to-digital converter detecting a plurality of phase currents applied to the motor to output a plurality of phase current signals, and a position estimating unit detecting the rotator position to output the position signal on a basis of the plurality of phase current signals, and a position calculating unit detecting the rotator position to output the position signal on a basis of the plurality of synchronized phase current signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Sewan HEO, Minki KIM, Jung Hee SUK, Yil Suk YANG, Jimin OH
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Patent number: 9350226Abstract: Disclosed is a power control driving device which includes a sine wave signal generating unit; a control signal converting unit configured to convert a sine wave from the sine wave signal generating unit into a multi-bit control signal; and a three-phase inverter circuit configured to output a voltage varied by the multi-bit control signal from the control signal converting unit. The control signal converting unit includes a multi-bit sigma-delta modulator configured to convert an analog sine wave into a digital signal. The three-phase inverter circuit includes a plurality of switch units, on-off states of the plurality of switch units being controlled according to the multi-bit control signal from the control signal converting unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jaewon Nam, Minki Kim, Jimin Oh, Yil Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9325261Abstract: Provided is a motor driving circuit which transmits a driving signal to a motor, including a gate driver generating the driving signal corresponding to a pulse width modulation signal, a pulse width modulation signal generator generating the pulse width modulation signal according to Hall sensor signals received from Hall sensors mounted in the motor, a current sensor measuring a link current provided to the gate driver, a low pass filter outputting a filter current that high frequency components are removed from the measured link current, and a minimum power consumption estimating unit generating a lead angle according to a start signal with reference to the filter current, wherein the pulse with modulating signal is changed according to the lead angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jimin Oh, Minki Kim, Jung Hee Suk, Sewan Heo, Yil Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20160094167Abstract: Provided is a BrushLess Direct Current (BLDC) motor system including a motor driving circuit configured to control a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) inverter in a first operation mode or a second operation mode according to a control signal, and output a switching signal according to each operation mode, the PWM inverter configured to receive the switching signal to output first three-phase voltages having a first frequency in the first operation mode, and output second three-phase voltages having a second frequency in the second operation mode, a sensorless BLDC motor configured not to operate in the first operation mode by operating based on three-phase voltages having a frequency in a different band from the first frequency, and operate in the second mode by operating based on three-phase voltages having a frequency in an identical band to the second frequency, and a parameter detecting circuit configured to calculate parameter information on the sensorless BLDC motor in the first operation mode by using sensType: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Minki KIM, Jung Hee SUK, Yil Suk YANG, Jimin OH, Sewan HEO
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Patent number: 9219437Abstract: Provided is a motor including a motor driving unit outputting a plurality of switching signals and any one of estimated three-phase voltages, in response to a control signal and a compensated position signal; a pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter outputting three-phase voltages and any one of estimated three-phase currents corresponding to the one estimated phase voltage, in response to the plurality switching signals; a motor unit operating based on the three-phase voltages and outputting a position signal according to the operation; and a position signal compensation unit receiving the position signal, the estimated phase voltage and the estimated phase current, detecting a phase difference between the estimated phase voltage and the estimated phase current and compensating for the position signal in response to the detected phase difference.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Minki Kim, Yil Suk Yang, Jimin Oh, Jung Hee Suk, Sewan Heo
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Patent number: 9130486Abstract: Provided is a motor position detecting unit that includes a first computing element configured to output three-phase back-electromotive foreces (back-EMFs) based on a linear computation; a second computing element configured to output three-phase back-EMF based on a non-linear computation; and a computing controller configured to receive a control signal, three-phase voltage and current, and selecting any one of the first and second computing elements based on the received control signal, the received three-phase voltages and currents, wherein the control signal includes information on operation modes of an external motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jung Hee Suk, Jimin Oh, Minki Kim, Yil Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9106166Abstract: The inventive concept provides a motor driving module, a operating method for the same, and a Brush less Direct Current (BLDC) motor system. The motor driving module is provided which comprises a motor driving unit configured to output a plurality of switching signals based on a plurality of position signals and a control signal; and a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) inverter configured to output 3-phase voltages based on the plurality of switching signals outputted from the motor driving unit, wherein the motor driving unit comprises; a correction circuit configured to detect an error of the plurality of position signals to output a compensation signal based on the detecting result; and a control circuit configured to output the plurality of switching signals based on the compensation signal and the control signal, wherein the plurality of position signals indicate a position of a rotor in an external motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jimin Oh, Minki Kim, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20150084556Abstract: Provided is a motor driving circuit which transmits a driving signal to a motor, including a gate driver generating the driving signal corresponding to a pulse width modulation signal, a pulse width modulation signal generator generating the pulse width modulation signal according to Hall sensor signals received from Hall sensors mounted in the motor, a current sensor measuring a link current provided to the gate driver, a low pass filter outputting a filter current that high frequency components are removed from the measured link current, and a minimum power consumption estimating unit generating a lead angle according to a start signal with reference to the filter current, wherein the pulse with modulating signal is changed according to the lead angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jimin OH, Minki KIM, Jung Hee SUK, Sewan HEO, Yil Suk YANG
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Publication number: 20150002062Abstract: Provided is a motor including a motor driving unit outputting a plurality of switching signals and any one of estimated three-phase voltages, in response to a control signal and a compensated position signal; a pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter outputting three-phase voltages and any one of estimated three-phase currents corresponding to the one estimated phase voltage, in response to the plurality switching signals; a motor unit operating based on the three-phase voltages and outputting a position signal according to the operation; and a position signal compensation unit receiving the position signal, the estimated phase voltage and the estimated phase current, detecting a phase difference between the estimated phase voltage and the estimated phase current and compensating for the position signal in response to the detected phase difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Minki KIM, Yil Suk YANG, Jimin OH, Jung Hee SUK, Sewan HEO
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Patent number: 8823299Abstract: Disclosed is a power supply module for a hall sensorless BLDC motor, including: a high-voltage/large-current power device t applied with high voltage/large current and including a plurality of power devices driving the hall sensorless brushless direct current (BLDC) motor; a motor driving circuit sensing and controlling a positional signal or a velocity signal of the hall sensorless BLDC motor and generating a PWM control signal for controlling the hall sensorless BLDC motor; and a power device driving circuit driving the high-voltage/large-current power device according to the PWM control signal of the motor driving circuit, wherein the high-voltage/large-current power device, the power device driving circuit, and the motor driving circuit are CMOS-integrated on the same substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Yil Suk Yang, Jongdae Kim, Sewan Heo, Sang Gi Kim, Jimin Oh, Minki Kim
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Patent number: 8796979Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for driving a BLDC motor, the apparatus including: a BLDC motor having a single sensing coil therein; a position/speed calculation unit for calculating a current position and a current speed of a rotor by using voltages at both ends of the sensing coil; a control unit for comparing the current speed of the rotor calculated by the position/speed calculation unit with a command speed and then outputting a control signal through a Proportional Integral (PI) control; a motor driving unit for generating a PWM signal based on the current position of the rotor calculated by the position/speed calculation unit and the control signal output by the control unit; and a power device unit for controlling the BLDC motor according to the PWM signal generated by the motor driving unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventor: Jimin Oh
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Publication number: 20140159631Abstract: Provided is a motor position detecting unit that includes a first computing element configured to output three-phase back-electromotive foreces (back-EMFs) based on a linear computation; a second computing element configured to output three-phase back-EMF based on a non-linear computation; and a computing controller configured to receive a control signal, three-phase voltage and current, and selecting any one of the first and second computing elements based on the received control signal, the received three-phase voltages and currents, wherein the control signal includes information on operation modes of an external motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventors: Jung Hee SUK, Jimin OH, Minki KIM, Yil Suk YANG
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Publication number: 20140159625Abstract: The inventive concept provides a motor driving module, a operating method for the same, and a Brush less Direct Current (BLDC) motor system. The motor driving module is provided which comprises a motor driving unit configured to output a plurality of switching signals based on a plurality of position signals and a control signal; and a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) inverter configured to output 3-phase voltages based on the plurality of switching signals outputted from the motor driving unit, wherein the motor driving unit comprises; a correction circuit configured to detect an error of the plurality of position signals to output a compensation signal based on the detecting result; and a control circuit configured to output the plurality of switching signals based on the compensation signal and the control signal, wherein the plurality of position signals indicate a position of a rotor in an external motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jimin Oh, Minki Kim, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20140159632Abstract: A motor driving module is provided which includes a motor driving unit configured to control a PWM inverter on the basis of positional information and a control signal; a PWM inverter configured to output three-phase voltages on the basis of DC power according to control of the motor driving unit; a phase voltage estimating unit configured to output three-phase estimated voltages on the basis of the positional information, the DC power, and a voltage modulation index; and a position detecting unit configured to output the positional information on the basis of the three-phase estimated voltages, wherein the positional information is on an external motor that operates on the basis of the three-phase voltages.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventors: Minki KIM, Jimin Oh, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20130135912Abstract: Disclosed is a power control driving device which includes a sine wave signal generating unit; a control signal converting unit configured to convert a sine wave from the sine wave signal generating unit into a multi-bit control signal; and a three-phase inverter circuit configured to output a voltage varied by the multi-bit control signal from the control signal converting unit. The control signal converting unit includes a multi-bit sigma-delta modulator configured to convert an analog sine wave into a digital signal. The three-phase inverter circuit includes a plurality of switch units, on-off states of the plurality of switch units being controlled according to the multi-bit control signal from the control signal converting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jaewon NAM, Minki Kim, Jimin Oh, Yil Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20120139463Abstract: Disclosed is a power supply module for a hall sensorless BLDC motor, including: a high-voltage/large-current power device t applied with high voltage/large current and including a plurality of power devices driving the hall sensorless brushless direct current (BLDC) motor; a motor driving circuit sensing and controlling a positional signal or a velocity signal of the hall sensorless BLDC motor and generating a PWM control signal for controlling the hall sensorless BLDC motor; and a power device driving circuit driving the high-voltage/large-current power device according to the PWM control signal of the motor driving circuit, wherein the high-voltage/large-current power device, the power device driving circuit, and the motor driving circuit are CMOS-integrated on the same substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yil Suk Yang, Jongdae Kim, Sewan Heo, Sang Gi Kim, Jimin Oh, Minki Kim