Reluctance Motor System

摘要

A method and apparatus for controlling operation of an electric motor. A controller is configured to identify a position of a disc relative to a plate with coils physically associated with the plate. The controller is further configured to control a current sent to the coils based on the position of a disc. The disc is configured to move such that a closest point between the disc and the plate changes along a periphery of the disc.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to identify a position of a disc relative to a plate with coils physically associated with the plate, and control a current sent to the coils based on the position of the disc, wherein the disc is configured to move such that a closest point between the disc and the plate changes along a periphery of the disc, wherein the controller comprises a normal vector calculator configured to identify a disc normal vector for the disc from inductance information and coil position information for the coils.