A method for driving a single-phase electric motor, the electric motor comprising: - a static motor stator with a stator coil, - a rotatable motor rotor, - a switchable drive electronics electrically connected to the stator coil for energizing the stator coil with a pulse-width-modulated drive energy signal with a defined effective duty cycle for driving the motor rotor, - a control electronics for switching the drive electronics for generating the pulse-width-modulated drive energy signal, and - a current sensor for measuring a phase current flowing through the stator coil, and the method comprising: - switching the drive electronics to a first on-state during a first on-time interval of a pulse width modulation period of the drive energy signal, - switching the drive electronics to a second on-state during a second on-time interval of the pulse width modulation period, - switching the drive electronics to an off-state between the two on-time intervals (I1,I2), characterised by - measuring the phase current with the current sensor, wherein the two on-time intervals (I1,I2) of one pulse width modulation period are provided with the same interval length (IL1,IL2) if the defined effective duty cycle is higher than or equal to a first duty cycle threshold value and are provided with different interval lengths (IL1,IL2) if the defined effective duty cycle is lower than the first duty cycle threshold value, to ensure that at least one on-time interval is provided with an interval length being equal to or larger than a defined minimum on-time interval length (ILmin), and wherein the phase current is measured during that on-time interval with the defined minimum on-time interval length (ILmin). - a static motor stator with a stator coil, - a rotatable motor rotor, - a switchable drive electronics electrically connected to the stator coil for energizing the stator coil with a pulse-width-modulated drive energy signal with a defined effective duty cycle for driving the motor rotor, - a control electronics for switching the drive electronics for generating the pulse-width-modulated drive energy signal, and - a current sensor for measuring a phase current flowing through the stator coil, and - switching the drive electronics to a first on-state during a first on-time interval of a pulse width modulation period of the drive energy signal, - switching the drive electronics to a second on-state during a second on-time interval of the pulse width modulation period, - switching the drive electronics to an off-state between the two on-time intervals (I1,I2), characterised by - measuring the phase current with the current sensor, wherein the two on-time intervals (I1,I2) of one pulse width modulation period are provided with the same interval length (IL1,IL2) if the defined effective duty cycle is higher than or equal to a first duty cycle threshold value and are provided with different interval lengths (IL1,IL2) if the defined effective duty cycle is lower than the first duty cycle threshold value, to ensure that at least one on-time interval is provided with an interval length being equal to or larger than a defined minimum on-time interval length (ILmin), and wherein the phase current is measured during that on-time interval with the defined minimum on-time interval length (ILmin). wherein the two on-time intervals (I1,I2) of one pulse width modulation period are provided with the same interval length (IL1,IL2) if the defined effective duty cycle is higher than or equal to a first duty cycle threshold value and are provided with different interval lengths (IL1,IL2) if the defined effective duty cycle is lower than the first duty cycle threshold value, to ensure that at least one on-time interval is provided with an interval length being equal to or larger than a defined minimum on-time interval length (ILmin), and wherein the phase current is measured during that on-time interval with the defined minimum on-time interval length (ILmin).