Fault-tolerant electric drive
A technology of electric drive system and drive circuit, applied in motor control, AC motor control, power distribution, etc.
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[0053] see figure 1 , an exemplary fault-tolerant drive system 100 includes a rotating electrical machine 101 , such as an electric motor or generator, connected to a drive circuit module 102 . The electric machine 101 comprises six phases A, B, C, U, V, W arranged in a sun configuration, ie the phases have a common connection point 109 . In other examples, system 100 may have fewer or more than six phases. In general, the phase number can be expressed as pn, where n is an integer greater than or equal to one, and p is a prime number. Increasing the value of n allows the electric machine 101 to exhibit reduced torque derating under fault conditions, but at the cost of increased complexity. So there is usually a tradeoff.
[0054] The drive circuit module 102 comprises six (i.e. pn, where n=2 and p=3) phase drive circuits 103a-c, 103u-w, each of which is connectable to the corresponding phase. An additional backup drive circuit 103x is provided to enable operation of the e...
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