US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on July 14 for "Sensorless trapezoidal motor control" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,527, issued on July 14, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Sensorless trapezoidal motor control" was invented by Rajan Lakshmi Narasimha (Allen, Texas) and David P Magee (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving a first measurement signal representing a first time between transitions of a motor commutation state. The method further includes receiving a second measurement signal representing a second time between transitions of a motor floating terminal voltage. The method further includes determining a motor speed state based on a combination of the first and second measurement signals, d...