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).

  • Patent number: 9602032
    Abstract: 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 sens
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Minki Kim, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang, Jimin Oh, Sewan Heo
  • Patent number: 9490735
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Minki Kim, Jimin Oh, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang
  • Publication number: 20160248355
    Abstract: Provided is a motor driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jimin OH, Minki KIM, Jung Hee SUK, Yil Suk YANG, Sewan HEO
  • Publication number: 20160156294
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sewan HEO, Minki KIM, Jung Hee SUK, Yil Suk YANG, Jimin OH
  • Patent number: 9350226
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jaewon Nam, Minki Kim, Jimin Oh, Yil Suk Yang
  • Patent number: 9325261
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jimin Oh, Minki Kim, Jung Hee Suk, Sewan Heo, Yil Suk Yang
  • Publication number: 20160094167
    Abstract: 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 sens
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Minki KIM, Jung Hee SUK, Yil Suk YANG, Jimin OH, Sewan HEO
  • Patent number: 9219437
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Minki Kim, Yil Suk Yang, Jimin Oh, Jung Hee Suk, Sewan Heo
  • Patent number: 9130486
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Hee Suk, Jimin Oh, Minki Kim, Yil Suk Yang
  • Patent number: 9106166
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jimin Oh, Minki Kim, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang
  • Publication number: 20150084556
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jimin OH, Minki KIM, Jung Hee SUK, Sewan HEO, Yil Suk YANG
  • Publication number: 20150002062
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Minki KIM, Yil Suk YANG, Jimin OH, Jung Hee SUK, Sewan HEO
  • Patent number: 8823299
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yil Suk Yang, Jongdae Kim, Sewan Heo, Sang Gi Kim, Jimin Oh, Minki Kim
  • Patent number: 8796979
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Jimin Oh
  • Publication number: 20140159631
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Jung Hee SUK, Jimin OH, Minki KIM, Yil Suk YANG
  • Publication number: 20140159625
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jimin Oh, Minki Kim, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang
  • Publication number: 20140159632
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Minki KIM, Jimin Oh, Jung Hee Suk, Yil Suk Yang
  • Publication number: 20130135912
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jaewon NAM, Minki Kim, Jimin Oh, Yil Suk Yang
  • Publication number: 20120139463
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yil Suk Yang, Jongdae Kim, Sewan Heo, Sang Gi Kim, Jimin Oh, Minki Kim