Method of operating a brushless DC motor

Electricity: motive power systems – Limitation of motor load – current – torque or force

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C318S139000, C318S618000, C318S610000, C318S616000

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07106020

ABSTRACT:
Methods and devices for brushless DC motor operation. An example method may include using previously sensed Hall effect sensor transitions to predict a future Hall effect transition, and dividing a time between a most recent Hall effect sensor transition and the predicted Hall effect sensor transition into time increments. The time increments may be used to effect phase advance by selecting a number of time increments to create a time offset for phase advance purposes. The time increments may also be used as a virtual encoder. Devices incorporating controllers and control circuitry for performing like methods are also discussed.

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