Method for determining a rotation angle signal of a DC machine, and braking system and program code
In order to determine a rotation angle signal of a DC machine precisely, reliably and in a simplified manner, a method is proposed, wherein combining of a current signal of the DC machine and a voltage signal of the DC machine is used to determine a combined signal; wherein conditioning of the combined signal is used to determine a conditioned signal; and wherein a rotation angle signal is determined by analysing signal oscillations of the conditioned signal.
1. A method for determining a rotation angle signal of a DC machine, comprising:
combining a current signal of the DC machine and a voltage signal of the DC machine to determine a combined signal;
conditioning the combined signal to determine a conditioned signal, wherein the conditioning of the combined signal comprises a bandpass filtering; and
wherein the rotation angle signal is determined by analysing signal oscillations of the conditioned signal.
2. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the combining of the current signal and the voltage signal comprises at least one mathematical operation of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, or combinations of these mathematical operations.
3. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the conditioning of the combined signal is effected on a basis of an estimated rotation angle signal.
4. The method according to claim 3 ,
wherein the estimated rotation angle signal is determined by modelling the current signal and the voltage signal.
5. The method according to claim 4 ,
wherein the modelling of the current signal and the voltage signal comprises a mathematical model of the DC machine.
6. The method according to claim 5 ,
wherein the modelling of the current signal and the voltage signal is used to determine a modelled signal.
7. The method according to claim 6 ,
further comprising: preprocessing the combined signal to determine an intermediate signal, wherein the estimated rotation angle signal is determined by combining the modelled signal and the intermediate signal.
8. The method according to claim 6 ,
further comprising: preprocessing of the combined signal to determine an intermediate signal.
9. The method according to claim 4 ,
further comprising: preprocessing the combined signal to determine an intermediate signal.
10. The method according to claim 9 ,
wherein the preprocessing of the combined signal comprises a spectral analysis.
11. The method according to claim 10 ,
wherein the modelling of the current signal and the voltage signal is used to determine a modelled signal, and wherein the estimated rotation angle signal is determined by combining the modelled signal and the intermediate signal.
12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the modelling of the current signal and the voltage signal is used to determined a modelled signal, and wherein the estimated rotation angle signal is determined by combining the modelled signal and the intermediate signal.
13. A braking system for a motor vehicle, comprising an electronic control unit and at least one wheel brake having an associated electric-motor actuator,
wherein the actuator comprises a DC machine configured to operate the wheel brake for parking braking; and
wherein the control unit is configured to control or regulate the DC machine and to perform the steps of the method according to claim 1 .
14. A program code comprising commands that, when executed by an electronic control unit, to cause a braking system to perform the method according claim 1 .