IP Library Granted Patent US 12689315
Granted Patent B2
US 12689315 · App. 17/852,921 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Open-loop motor control

Inventors: Sameer Kulkarni (Pune, IN); Prasad Kulkarni (Bengaluru, IN); Ganapathi Hegde (Bengaluru, IN)
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
H02P21/18H02P21/22
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12689315
App. No.
17/852,921
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor controller adapted to be coupled to a motor having a rotor. The motor controller includes a storage device containing software. The motor controller also includes a processor core coupled to the storage device and adapted to be coupled to the motor. The processor core is configured to operate the motor in an open-loop control in response to determining a speed of the rotor determined based on an inverse exponential function with respect to time.

Claims (20)

1 . A motor controller adapted to be coupled to a motor having a rotor, the motor controller comprising:

a storage device containing software; and

a processor core coupled to the storage device and adapted to be coupled to the motor, the processor core configured to operate the motor in an open-loop control in response to determining a speed of the rotor determined based on a quadratic function, wherein the quadratic function includes a first term with respect to time and a second term with respect to a square of time, the first term including a first mechanical property of the motor, and the second term including a second mechanical property of the motor and a square of the first mechanical property.

2 . The motor controller of claim 1 , wherein the first mechanical property is inertia.

3 . The motor controller of claim 1 , wherein the second mechanical property is friction.

4 . The motor controller of claim 1 , wherein the first mechanical property is inertia and the second mechanical property is friction.

5 . The motor controller of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to subtract the second term from the first term.

6 . The motor controller of claim 1 , wherein the quadratic function includes a scaling factor.

7 . The motor controller of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to subtract the second term from the first term.

8 . A method for controlling a motor having a rotor in an open-loop operation, the method comprising:

calculating rotor speed by a processor core based on a quadratic function which includes a first term with respect to time and a second term with respect to a square of time, the first term including a first mechanical property of the motor, and the second term including a second mechanical property of the motor and a square of the first mechanical property; and

generating a current for the motor based on the calculated rotor speed by the processor core.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the first mechanical property is inertia and the second mechanical property is friction.

10 . The motor method of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to subtract the second term from the first term.

11 . A motor controller adapted to be coupled to a motor having a rotor, the motor controller comprising:

a semiconductor memory containing software; and

a processor core coupled to the semiconductor memory and adapted to be coupled to the motor, the processor core configured to operate the motor in an open-loop control in response to determining a speed of the rotor determined based on a quadratic function, wherein the quadratic function includes a first term with respect to time and a second term with respect to a square of time, the first term including a first mechanical property of the motor and a scaling factor, and the second term including a second mechanical property of the motor, a square of the first mechanical property, and a square of the scaling factor.

12 . The motor controller of claim 11 , wherein the first mechanical property is inertia.

13 . The motor controller of claim 11 , wherein the second mechanical property is friction.

14 . The motor controller of claim 11 , wherein the first mechanical property is inertia and the second mechanical property is friction.