Patent ID: 11962259
Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An assembly comprising:
a controller as claimed in claim 6;
an N phase permanent magnet synchronous motor, the motor comprising
a rotor and a stator;
the rotor comprising at least one permanent magnet;
the stator comprising N windings, where N is an integer greater than 2, each winding comprising first and second ends;

a drive system comprising
first and second power rails;
a DC power supply of voltage Vdc connected between the first and second power rails;
N bridge arms connected in parallel between the first and second power rails, each bridge arm comprising first and second switches connected in series;
N output lines, each output line being connected between a first end of a winding and a half bridge arm at a point between the first and second switches, each output line being connected to a different winding and a different bridge arm;

the output of the signal processor being connected to the switches of the drive system.