Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to determine a position of a rotatable shaft of a motor
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Application No.: US17346472Application Date: 2021-06-14
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Publication No.: US11933645B2Publication Date: 2024-03-19
- Inventor: Rujun Ji , Jun Zhang , Lichang Cheng , Kangcheng Xu
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michael T. Gabrik; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01D5/24
- IPC: G01D5/24 ; G01D5/241 ; H02K11/21

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to determine a position of a rotatable shaft of a motor are disclosed. An example apparatus to determine a position of a rotatable shaft of a motor includes a sensor printed circuit board (PCB) structured to be mounted to a motor, the sensor PCB including a plurality of capacitive sensors, the plurality of capacitive sensors having respective ones of a plurality of capacitances that independently change as a conductor moves relative to the sensor PCB in conjunction with a rotatable shaft of the motor during an operation of the motor, and a controller electrically coupled to the sensor PCB, the controller configured to determine a position of the rotatable shaft based on the plurality of capacitances.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210302209A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A POSITION OF A ROTATABLE SHAFT OF A MOTOR Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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