Information
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Patent Grant
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6744230
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Patent Number
6,744,230
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Date Filed
Tuesday, October 29, 200221 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, June 1, 200420 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Nappi; Robert
- San Martin; Edgardo
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 318 254
- 318 439
- 318 438
- 318 701
- 318 721
- 318 738
- 318 463
- 318 464
- 318 244
- 318 733
- 318 43
- 318 609
- 318 610
- 318 605
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International Classifications
- H02K2300
- G05B1931
- H03M148
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Abstract
A motor controller (30) includes three analog Hall-effect sensors (42, 44, 46) for forming continuous-time signals proportional to the sine and cosine of the position of the rotor (24) of a motor (20). The sine and cosine signals are differentiated to obtain signals proportional to the rotor rate times the sine and cosine values. These integrated values are then multiplied by the cosine and inverse of the sine values, respectively, to obtain values equal to the rotor rate times the square of the cosine and the rotor rate times the square of the sine. These latter two values are summed to obtain an output signal proportional to the rotor rate based on the trigonometric identity sin2(x)+cos2(x)=1. Since the motor controller (30) derives a high-resolution value for the rotor rate, it may be used for fine resolution control of brushless motors and the like.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to electric motors, and more particularly to methods and apparatus for fine resolution control of electric motors.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Electric motors are used in many different types of applications. Some of these applications allow low precision motor control and in these applications low-cost motors and motor controllers may be used. For example one well-known technique applicable to systems that require a constant motor speed performs rate control using low-cost digital Hall-effect sensors. The outputs of these sensors are used to determine motor position and velocity. When the rotor of the motor rotates to a certain position the digital Hall effect sensors change state and trigger the commutation logic to switch the drivers into the next state. The switching can also be used for rate control.
Other applications such as autopilot servo systems require much more precise control. The problem is compounded by the fact that these systems often use brushless motors to decrease the inertia in the rotor for quick speed adjustment. However because of their lower inertia brushless motors are subject to a jerky motion that may be caused by the control loop. This jerky motion can be felt by passengers and is highly undesirable.
There are several known techniques for improving the precision of the motor control loops. The whole control loop may be made as a servo system, but such a system is large and expensive. Additional sensors may be used, such as optical sensors, additional Hall-effect sensors, or tachometers. These additional sensors make the systems more expensive.
Another technique uses analog Hall-effect sensors. According to this technique the analog Hall-effect sensors are used to form the sine and cosine functions of the rotor position. The ratio of the sine to cosine then forms the tangent, and the arctangent of the sine/cosine ratio can be used to calculate motor position and derived rate. However this method exhibits periodic errors and can result in motor speed fluctuations when used in a motor control loop, and thus is not useful in systems that need precise control.
What is needed then is a low cost motor controller suitable for fine resolution motor control that is also relatively inexpensive. Such a motor controller is provided by the present invention, whose features and advantages will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
illustrates a block diagram of a motor system including a portion of a motor controller used for rate derivation according to the present invention.
FIG. 2
illustrates a block diagram of a complementary filter for use with the motor controller of FIG.
1
.
FIG. 3
illustrates a partial block diagram and partial schematic diagram of a circuit implementation of the hardware portion of the motor controller of FIG.
1
.
FIG. 4
illustrates a timing diagram of the commutation sequence of the motor controller of FIG.
1
.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
FIG. 1
illustrates a block diagram of a motor system
10
including a portion of a motor controller
30
used for rate derivation according to the present invention. Motor system
10
includes generally a motor
20
and motor controller
30
. Motor
20
is a three-phase, four-pole brushless motor having a rotor that has an instantaneous position
24
with respect to a reference point
22
forming an angle labeled “Θ”.
Motor controller
30
is used to drive the commutation sequence for motor
20
and, according to the present invention, provides an output proportional to a high resolution motor rate estimate labeled “{dot over (Θ)}” for use by a servo control loop. Motor controller
30
includes generally a hardware processor
40
and a software processor
70
. Hardware processor
40
includes three analog Hall-effect sensors
42
,
44
, and
46
labeled “HES 1”, “HES 2”, and “HES 3”, respectively. Hall-effect sensors
42
,
44
, and
46
are illustrated as being adjacent to one another but are actually placed at 120° intervals around the circumference of motor
20
. Note that since motor
20
is a four-pole motor, any of Hall-effect sensors
42
,
44
, and
46
may be placed at positions 180° from these uniformly spaced positions to obtain the desired signal. Furthermore any of the sensors may be placed at positions 90° from these uniformly spaced positions to obtain an inverse of the same signal, which can then be inverted to obtain the desired signal. Sensors
42
,
44
, and
46
provide three corresponding output signals labeled “X”, “Y”, and “Z”, respectively. A summing device
52
has a positive input terminal coupled to the output of HES
1
for receiving signal X, a negative input terminal coupled to the output of HES
2
for receiving signal Y, and an output terminal. A multiplication block
54
has an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of summing device
52
, and an output terminal, and multiplies the input thereof by the value
to provide an output on an output signal line
56
. A rate block
58
transforms this value by a filter transfer function
System
20
also includes a summing device
62
having a first positive input terminal coupled to the output terminal of HES
2
for receiving signal Y, a second positive input terminal coupled to the output terminal of HES
1
for receiving signal X, a negative input terminal coupled to the output terminal of HES
3
for receiving signal Z, and an output terminal. A multiplication element
64
has an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of summing device
62
, and an output terminal, and multiplies the input thereof by the value
to provide an output on an output signal line
66
. A rate block
68
transforms this value by a filter transfer function
In software processor
70
an inverter
72
has an input coupled to signal line
56
, and an output, and provides a value at the output thereof equal to the negative of the value at the input. A multiplication element
74
has a first input coupled to the output terminal of filter
58
, a second input coupled to signal line
66
, and an output. Multiplier
76
has a first input coupled to the output of filter
68
, a second input coupled to the output of inverter
72
, and an output. Summing device
78
has a first positive input coupled to the output of multiplier
74
, a second positive input coupled to the output of multiplier
76
, and an output for providing a signal proportional to {dot over (Θ)}, namely 0.0004 {dot over (Θ)}.
Analog Hall-effect sensors
42
,
44
, and
46
form three sinusoidal waveforms (X, Y, and Z, respectively) that can be converted into sine (sin( )) and cosine (cos( )) functions of the instantaneous rotor position Θ. Note that the rotor position is a function of time, Θ (t), but will be referred to below as Θ to ease discussion. Summoning device
52
provides an output equal to X−Y={square root over (3)} a sin(Θ), and multiplication block
54
normalizes this value by multiplying it by
to form a value equal to sin(Θ) on signal line
56
. Similarly summing device
62
provides an output equal to X+Y−Z=2cos(Θ), and multiplication block
64
normalizes this value by multiplying it by
to form a value equal to cos(Θ) on signal line
66
. The mathematical derivation of these functions are contained in APPENDIX I below.
Rate blocks
58
and
68
have identical transfer functions and are used to form the rotor rate modulated by sine and cosine functions, respectively. The factor 0.0004 in the numerator is used to scale the value to prevent the output from saturating the analog input circuits in the hardware circuit (since the rotor rate can be very high). The (0.00004s+1) term in the denominator is used to filter high-frequency noise. At low frequencies, the output of rate block
58
is equal to
However since Θ is actually a function of time,
Thus the output of rate block
58
is equal to 0.0004 {dot over (Θ)} cos(Θ). Likewise the output of rate block
68
is equal to −0.0004 {dot over (Θ)} sin(Θ). These four signals (sine, cosine, and rotor rate modulated by sine and cosine) are multiplied together in multipliers
74
and
76
to form rotor rate modulated by cosine
2
and sine
2
functions, respectively. Adder
78
sums these two signals to form an output signal equal to 0.0004 {dot over (Θ)}(sin
2
(Θ)+cos
2
(Θ)). This expression can be simplified to 0.0004 {dot over (Θ)} based on the trigonometric identity:
sin
2
(
x
)+cos
2−
(
x
)=1
and the output signal can then be normalized. The normalized signal {dot over (Θ)} provides a high-resolution estimate of rotor rate, which maintains constant amplitude for all angles even when individual Hall-effect sensors exhibit amplitude or phase errors. The instantaneous position can be obtained by taking the aretangent of the ratio of the sin(Θ) and cos(Θ) terms provided at the outputs of gain blocks
54
and
64
, respectively, based on the trigonometric identity
APPENDIX I, below, provides a rigorous mathematical analysis to show the derivation of rotor rate signal {dot over (Θ)} and the effects of amplitude and phase errors.
Note that in an actual embodiment, it is preferable to scale the output of the Hall-effect sensors to provide signals that vary within a range close to the fall voltage range of the components. Thus for example a scaling factor of 2.1 may be used for a five-volt system. The scaling factor is somewhat less than the full range of ±2.5 volts to prevent the analog-to-digital converter from saturating. Thus for example with a 2.1 volt input from the Hall-effect sensors, and a 0.0004 scaling factor by rate blocks
58
and
68
, the analog-to-digital converters at the hardware-software interface will see a 1.93-volt input at the maximum motor speed of 2300 radians per second.
A complementary filter of the rotor position Θ so obtained and the rotor rate {dot over (Θ)} can be used to provide broadband motor position and rate and can eliminate the periodic errors and speed fluctuations due to HES errors.
FIG. 2
illustrates a block diagram of such a complementary filter
80
for use with motor controller
30
of FIG.
1
. Filter
80
includes a summing device
82
, a gain adjustment block
84
, a summing device
86
, and an integrator
88
. Summing device
82
has a positive input for receiving the motor rateΘ, a negative input, and an output for providing the difference between the positive and negative inputs thereof. Gain adjustment block
84
has an input coupled to the output of summing device
82
, and an output, and provides the output as a product of the input and the value
where τ is the smoothing coefficient of the filter. Summing device
86
has a first input coupled to the output of gain adjustment block
84
, a second input for receiving the value {dot over (Θ)} calculated as described with respect to
FIG. 1
, and an output for providing a smoothed estimate of the rotor rate labeled “{dot over (Θ)}”. Integrator
88
has an input coupled to the output of summing device
86
, and an output for providing a smoothed estimate of the position labeled “{circumflex over (Θ)}”.
FIG. 3
illustrates a partial block and partial schematic diagram of a circuit implementation
100
of the hardware portion of motor controller
30
of FIG.
1
. Elements in common with the system of
FIG. 1
are assigned the same reference numbers. Note that circuit
100
is only one of many possible circuits that may be used to implement the system of FIG.
1
. Also shown in
FIG. 3
are motor
20
and Hall-effect sensors
42
,
44
, and
46
as in FIG.
1
.
Circuit
100
includes generally several operational amplifier (op amp) circuits
110
,
120
,
130
,
140
,
150
,
160
, and
170
. Op amp circuit
110
implements summing device
52
and gain block
54
. Op amp circuit
110
implements the summing function associated with summing device
52
by receiving signal X on the negative input terminal of an operational amplifier
111
through a resistor
112
, and by receiving signal Y on the positive input terminal of operational amplifier
111
through a resistor
113
. Op amp circuit
110
includes a feedback resistor
114
and a feedback capacitor
115
each connected between the output and negative input terminals of op amp
111
. Op amp circuit
110
also includes a resistor
116
connected between the negative input terminal of op amp
111
and a voltage reference terminal labeled “V
REF
”. V
REF
is an analog ground voltage reference having a value of half the power supply voltage, or in the case of a 5 volt system, about 2.5 volts. Op amp circuit
110
performs the function of gain block
54
by the ratio of the resistance of resistor
114
to that of resistor
112
, and the ratio of the resistance of resistor
116
to that of resistor
113
. Resistors
114
and
116
have a value of 11.55 kilohms (kΩ), whereas resistors
112
and
113
have a value of 20 kΩ. Thus the gain is equal to 11.55 kΩ/20 kΩ, which is approximately equal to
The output terminal of op amp
111
provides the value sin(Θ).
Circuit
100
includes a second op amp circuit
120
to implement summing device
62
and gain block
64
of FIG.
1
. Op amp circuit
120
implements the summing function associated with summing device
62
by receiving signals X and Y on the negative input terminal of an op amp
121
through resistors
122
and
123
, respectively, and by receiving signal Z on the positive input terminal of op amp
121
through resistor
124
. Circuit
120
includes a feedback resistor
125
and a feedback capacitor
126
each connected between an output terminal and the negative input terminal of op amp
121
. Circuit
120
also includes a resistor
127
connected between the negative input terminal of operational amplifier
121
and V
REF
. Op amp circuit
120
performs the function of gain block
64
by the ratio of the resistance of resistor
125
to that of resistors
122
and
123
, and the ratio of the resistance of resistor
127
to that of resistor
124
. Resistors
125
and
127
each have a value of 10 kΩ, whereas resistors
122
-
124
each have a value of 20 kΩ. Thus the gain is equal to 10 kΩ/20 kΩ, which equals
The output terminal of op amp
121
provides the value cos(Θ).
Op amp circuit
130
includes an op amp
131
, a capacitor
132
, and resistors
133
and
134
. Op amp
131
has a negative input terminal coupled to the output terminal of op amp
111
through the series combination of capacitor
132
and resistor
133
, a positive input terminal connected to V
REF
, and an output terminal for providing the value −{dot over (Θ)} cos(Θ). Resistor
134
is connected between the output terminal and the negative input terminal of op amp
131
. Resistor
133
has a value of 4 kΩ and resistor
134
has a value of 40 kΩ. Capacitor
132
has a value of 0.01 micro Farads (μF). The transfer function of op amp circuit
130
is equal to
which is the desired transfer function.
Op amp circuit
140
is structurally identical to op amp circuit
130
and has an op amp
141
, a capacitor
142
, and resistors
143
and
144
each connected the same as and having the same values as corresponding elements
131
-
134
in op amp circuit
130
. Op amp circuit
140
provides the value {dot over (Θ)} sin(Θ) at the output terminal thereof.
Op amp circuit
150
includes an op amp
151
having a positive input terminal receiving signal Y through a resistor
152
having a value of 1 kΩ, a negative input terminal connected to V
REF
, and an output terminal for providing sign HES A. A resistor
153
having a value of 100 kΩ is connected between the output and positive input terminals of op amp
151
. Op amp circuit
150
provides a high gain on signal Y and essentially “squares it up” to provide signal HES A. Op amp circuit
160
is structurally identical to op amp circuit
150
and includes an op amp
161
and resistors
162
and
163
having the same connections and values as corresponding elements
151
-
153
in op amp circuit
150
. Op amp circuit
160
however receives signal X to provide output signal HES B. Op amp circuit
170
is also structurally identical to op amp circuit
150
and includes an op amp
171
and resistors
172
and
173
having the same connections and values as corresponding elements
151
-
153
in op amp circuit
150
. Op amp circuit
170
however receives signal Z to provide output signal HES C.
Signals HES A, HES B, and HES C are useful in controlling the commutation sequence of motor
30
as further illustrated in
FIG. 4
, which illustrates a timing diagram of the commutation sequence of motor controller
30
of FIG.
1
. In
FIG. 4
the horizontal axis represents motor angle in degrees, whereas the vertical axis shows the voltage of signals HES A, HES B, and HES C, which can be used to drive the commutation sequence for both clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation. The commutation sequence is a conventional commutation sequence for a four-pole, brushless stator-driven motor that drives an active phase at a voltage of 28 volts.
The hardware/software interface is formed when the values sin(Θ), cos(Θ), −{dot over (Θ)} cos(Θ), and {dot over (Θ)} sin(Θ) are provided to respective analog-to-digital converter inputs of a microcontroller (not shown in FIG.
3
). The microcontroller performs the further cross multiplications of the terms to arrive at the value for {dot over (Θ)} as described with reference to
FIG. 1
above. It should be apparent that the split between hardware and software is somewhat arbitrary and may be varied from application to application. For example in another embodiment the outputs of the Hall-effect sensors may be provided directly into analog-to-digital converter inputs and the remainder of the processing would be performed in software. However circuit
100
is an efficient implementation of the functions associated with elements
52
,
54
,
58
,
62
,
64
, and
68
and may also be conveniently combined into a single integrated circuit.
While the invention has been described in the context of a preferred embodiment, various modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example while the rotor rate estimation apparatus is useful in autopilot servo systems, other applications are also readily apparent such as automatic power steering control. Furthermore the system can be implemented in hardware, software, or various combinations of the two. Accordingly, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all modifications of the invention that fall within the true scope of the invention.
APPENDIX I
Assuming the sensor inputs X, Y, & Z have unity amplitude and equally spaced phase signals the derived Sine and Cosine amplitudes are as follows.
Sine Amplitude:
X−Y
=sin(Θ+30)−sin(Θ+150)
X−Y
=[sin Θ cos(30)+cos Θ sin(30)]−[sin Θ cos(150)+cos Θ sin(150)]
X−Y
={square root over (3)}
sin Θ {Equation
1}
Cosine Amplitude:
X+Y−Z
=sin(Θ+30)+sin(Θ+150)−sin(Θ+270)
X+Y−Z
=[sin Θ cos(30)+cos Θ sin(30)]+[sin Θ cos(150)+cos Θ sin(150)]−[sin Θ cos(270)+cos Θ sin(270)]
X+Y−Z=
2
cos Θ {Equation
2}
Equations 1 and 2 provide the relative amplitudes for nominal sensor inputs. System
20
of
FIG. 1
normalizes the sine and cosine signals by dividing them by {square root over (3)} and 2, respectively.
Manufacturing tolerances in positioning the Hall-effect sensors result in angular errors and proximity errors. To examine the effects of angular position error (phase) and proximity errors (amplitude) the derivation can be expanded to include error terms. The angular position errors of sensor
42
and
44
are represented as Δ
X
and Δ
Y
, respectively. The amplitudes of sensors
42
and
44
are represented as A
X
and A
Y
, respectively. Thus the sin Θ derivation including sensor amplitude and phase errors is as follows:
X−Y=A
X
sin(Θ+30+Δ
X
)−
A
Y
sin(Θ+150+Δ
Y
)
X−Y=A
X
[sin Θ cos(30+Δ
X
)+cos Θ sin(30+Δ
X
)]−
A
Y
[sin Θ cos(150+Δ
Y
)+cos Θ sin(150+Δ
Y
)]
X−Y=[A
X
cos(30+Δ
X
)−
A
Y
cos(150+Δ
Y
)]sin Θ+[
A
X
sin(30+Δ
X
)−
A
Y
sin(150+Δ
Y
)]cos Θ
Represent constants by M, N:
X−Y=M
sin Θ+
N
cos Θ
Assign
X−Y=M
[sin Θ+tan
t
cos Θ]
Where
The CosineΘ derivation including sensor amplitude and phase errors:
X+Y−Z=A
X
sin(Θ−30+Δ
X
)+
A
Y
sin(Θ+150+Δ
Y
)−
A
Z
sin(Θ+270+Δ
z
)
X+Y−Z=A
X
[sin Θ cos(30+Δ
X
)+cos Θ sin(30+Δ
X
)]+
A
Y
[sin Θ cos(150+Δ
Y
)+cos Θ sin(150+Δ
Y
)]−
A
z
[sin Θ cos(270+Δ
z
)+cos Θ sin(270+Δ
z
)]
X+Y−Z=[A
X
cos(30+Δ
X
)+
A
Y
cos(150+Δ
Y
)−
A
z
cos(270+Δ
z
)]sin Θ+[
A
X
sin(30+Δ
X
)+
A
Y
sin(150+Δ
Y
)−
A
z
sin(270+Δ
z
)]cos Θ
Represent constants by M, N
X+Y−Z=M
sin Θ+
N
cos Θ
Assign
X+Y−Z=N
[tan t sin Θ+cos Θ]
Where
The effects of sensor errors on the angle rate can be analyzed from the sine and cosine functions including error effects. Equations 3 & 4 can be represented in the form:
A
S
sin(Θ+Δ
S
)
A
C
cos(Θ+Δ
C
)
Applying derivative function, cross-multiplying and summing the results provides the sin
2
+cos
2
form.
Claims
- 1. A method for performing fine resolution motor control comprising the steps of:forming a first signal proportional to sin(Θ) and a second signal proportional to cos(Θ) using a plurality of analog Hall-effect sensors, wherein Θ is an angular position of a rotor of the motor with respect to a predetermined reference point as a function of time; differentiating said first and second signals to obtain third and fourth signals, respectively; multiplying said second and third signals to provide a fifth signal; forming an inverse of a product of said first signal and said fourth signal to provide a sixth signal; and summing said fifth and sixth signals to provide an output signal proportional to a rotor rate in response.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of forming said inverse of said product of said first signal and said fourth signal to provide said sixth signal comprises the steps of:inverting said first signal to form an inverted first signal; and multiplying said inverted first signal by said fourth signal to obtain said sixth signal.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of forming said first signal proportional to sin(Θ) and said second signal proportional to cos(Θ) using said plurality of analog Hall-effect sensors comprises the step of placing first, second, and third analog Hall-effect sensors at substantially uniform intervals around the circumference of said motor.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein said step of forming said first signal proportional to sin(Θ) further comprises the step of subtracting an output of said second Hall-effect sensor from an output of said first Hall-effect sensor to obtain said first signal.
- 5. The method of claim 3 wherein said step of forming said second signal proportional to cos(Θ) further comprises the step of summing an output of said first Hall-effect sensor, an output of said second Hall-effect sensor, and the negative of an output of said third Hall-effect sensor to obtain said second signal.
- 6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of normalizing said first and second signals prior to said step of differentiating.
- 7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of obtaining an instantaneous position of said rotor by taking the arctangent of the ratio of said first signal to said second signal.
- 8. A method for performing fine resolution motor control comprising the steps of:placing first, second, and third analog Hall-effect sensors at substantially uniform intervals around the circumference of a motor, said first, second, and third analog Hall-effect sensors producing respective signals X, Y, and Z; forming a first signal proportional to sin(Θ) and a second signal proportional to cos(Θ) in response to said signals X, Y, and Z wherein Θ is an angular position of a rotor of the motor with respect to a predetermined reference point as a function of time; differentiating said first signal to obtain a third signal having a value proportional to {dot over (Θ)} times cos(Θ) wherein {dot over (Θ)} is an estimate of a rate of said rotor; differentiating said second signal to obtain a fourth signal having a value proportional to −{dot over (Θ)} times cos(Θ); multiplying said second and third signals to obtain a fifth signal proportional to {dot over (Θ)} times cos2(Θ); multiplying an inverse of said first signal and said fourth signal to obtain a sixth signal proportional to {dot over (Θ)} times sin2(Θ); and summing said fifth and sixth signals to obtain an output signal proportional to {dot over (Θ)}.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein said step of forming said first and second signals comprises the steps of:subtracting Y from X to form a first difference signal and multiplying said first difference signal by a first predetermined number to form said first signal; and adding X to Y and subtracting Z to form a second difference signal and multiplying said second difference signal by a second predetermined number to form said second signal.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein said first predetermined number is equal to 13and said second predetermined number is equal to 12.
- 11. The method of claim 8 further comprising performing the steps of placing, deriving, integrating said first signal, and integrating said second signal in hardware circuitry, and performing said steps of multiplying and summing in software.
- 12. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of obtaining an instantaneous position of said rotor by taking the aretangent of the ratio of said first signal to said second signal.
- 13. A motor controller comprising:first, second, and third Hall-effect sensors positioned at substantially uniform intervals around the circumference of a motor, each of said first, second, and third Hall-effect sensors providing corresponding first, second, and third analog output signals; a first adder having inputs for receiving said first and second analog output signals, and an output for providing a difference between said first and second analog output signals; a second adder having inputs for receiving said first, said second, and said third analog output signals and having an output for providing a value equal to the first analog output signal plus the second analog output signal minus said third analog output signal; a first gain element having an input coupled to said output of said first adder, and an output for providing a first signal proportional to a sine of a position of said rotor; a second gain element having an input coupled to said output of said second adder, and an output for providing a second signal proportional to a cosine of a position of said rotor; a first rate block having an input coupled to said output of said first gain element, and an output; a second rate block having an input coupled to said output of said second gain element, and an output; a first multiplier having a first input coupled to said output of said first integrator, a second input coupled to said output of said second gain element, and an output; a second multiplier having a first input coupled to said output of said first gain element through an inverter, a second input coupled to said output of said second integrator, and an output; and a summing device having a first input coupled to said output of said first multiplier, a second input coupled to said output of said second multiplier, and an output for providing an output signal proportional to a rotor rate signal estimate.
- 14. The motor controller of claim 13 further comprising a smoothing filter having a first input for receiving said rotor rate estimate, a second input for receiving a rotor position signal, and first and second outputs for providing a smoothed rotor position and a smoothed rotor rate estimate, respectively.
- 15. The motor controller of claim 14 wherein said smoothing filter comprises:a first summing device having a first input for receiving said rotor position signal, a second input for coupled to said second output of said smoothing filter, and an output for providing a difference between said first and second inputs thereof; a multiplication clement having a first input coupled to the output of the first summing device, and an output for providing a product of said first input and a predetermined multiplication factor; a second summing device having a first input for receiving said rotor rate estimate, a second input coupled to said output of said multiplication element, and an output for providing said first output of said smoothing filter as a sum of said first and second inputs thereof; and an integrator having an input coupled to said output of second summing device, and an output for providing said second output of said smoothing filter.
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