Variable link sensorless brushless direct current motor controller for space and hardened applications

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9444376
APP PUB NO 20140239864A1
SERIAL NO

13774504

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A sensorless motor controller includes a variable link control, including a radiation-hardened field programmable gate array (FPGA) and a back electromotive force (EMF) decoder circuit. The back EMF decoder infers the position of a rotor of the motor. A filter on the decoder conditions the back EMF signal and has multiple cutoff frequencies which can be dynamically controlled by the FPGA in order to compensate for phase shift in the back EMF signal. The FPGA also controls a variable DC link and its digital speed control loop.

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HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION2730 WEST TYVOLA ROAD FOUR COLISEUM CENTRE CHARLOTTE 28217

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hansen, Harold J Hamden, US 5 10
Hawes, Kevin G Windsor Locks, US 9 33
Sears, Patrick J South Hadley, US 7 5
Wichowski, Robert P Westfield, US 10 29

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