Patents by Inventor Ramesh Kankanala

Ramesh Kankanala 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: 11499537
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a motor controller with a processor and a machine readable medium. The medium includes instructions that, when loaded and executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an estimated or sensed speed of a motor, extract a mechanical frequency component from the estimated or sensed speed, transform the mechanical frequency into direct quadrature (DQ) domain at the mechanical frequency, control the mechanical frequency to zero, and generate a dampening signal for torque based upon the controlled mechanical frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Prasad Kulkarni, Debraj Deb, Ramesh Kankanala
  • Publication number: 20190186480
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a motor controller with a processor and a machine readable medium. The medium includes instructions that, when loaded and executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an estimated or sensed speed of a motor, extract a mechanical frequency component from the estimated or sensed speed, transform the mechanical frequency into direct quadrature (DQ) domain at the mechanical frequency, control the mechanical frequency to zero, and generate a dampening signal for torque based upon the controlled mechanical frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Prasad Kulkarni, Debraj Deb, Ramesh Kankanala
  • Patent number: 10008967
    Abstract: A closed loop flux weakening method and apparatus are provided. The closed loop flux weakening apparatus may include a difference circuit that obtains a difference between a q-axis reference voltage and a q-axis voltage, a controller that converts the difference between the q-axis reference voltage and the q-axis voltage into a d-axis current of a stator of the motor, and a summation circuit that obtains a d-axis reference current by adding the d-axis current of the stator of the motor and a feed forward d-axis current of the stator of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Prasad Kulkarni, Ramesh Kankanala, Debraj Deb
  • Publication number: 20180115267
    Abstract: A closed loop flux weakening method and apparatus are provided. The closed loop flux weakening apparatus may include a difference circuit that obtains a difference between a q-axis reference voltage and a q-axis voltage, a controller that converts the difference between the q-axis reference voltage and the q-axis voltage into a d-axis current of a stator of the motor, and a summation circuit that obtains a d-axis reference current by adding the d-axis current of the stator of the motor and a feed forward d-axis current of the stator of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Prasad Kulkarni, Ramesh Kankanala, Debraj Deb
  • Patent number: 9379621
    Abstract: A mixed signal integrated circuit, such as a typical microcontroller or digital signal controller (DSC), provides digital slope compensation for implementing peak current control in switched mode power supply (SMPS) systems. Simple and fast software calculations using digital values already measured require a single multiply and accumulate instruction (MAC) to determine the slope compensated peak current reference signal, ICMP, that will be compared with the inductor/switch current to control power switch. Doing all calculations in digital form using a software program also allows easy configurability for many different applications, setting slope values by writing to a register(s) in a memory map, and to allow SMPS applications to be dynamically adaptable or configurable on the fly. The entire slope compensation function and PWM control may be self-contained within the microcontroller or DSC and without the need of external components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sabarish Kalyanaranman, Ramesh Kankanala