Inventors:
Satoru Simizu - Pittsburgh PA, US
Y. Cho - Pittsburgh PA, US
Arkady Margolin - Pittsburgh PA, US
Richard Obermyer - Export PA, US
Suryanarayan Sankar - Pittsburgh PA, US
International Classification:
H02P001/00
Abstract:
A motor controller system () for dc power source motors () which includes a sensor device () that operates to measure and generate a voltage signal from the motor current and the rate of change of said current, and a programmable input/output processor () which receives voltage signals as input from the motor current, dc power source () and/or motor () and compares on or more of these voltage signals to one or more control parameters. Based upon these comparisons, the processor () generates a pulse width modulation control signal, which triggers a switching mechanism () and related interrupt service routing to make adjustments to the operational parameters of the motor by periodic interruption of the motor current.