A FAIL-PASSIVE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATOR UTILIZING DUAL CONTROLLERS AND A TWO-PHASE BRUSHLESS MOTOR

摘要

A fail-passive electro-mechanical actuator utilizing dual controllers and a two-phase brushless motor is provided The system includes the two phase brushless motor including a stator, a rotor, a first winding electromagnetically coupled to the rotor, and a second winding electromagnetically coupled to the rotor, first control circuitry coupled to the first winding, the first control circuitry configured to provide a first current to the first winding, second control circuitry coupled to the second winding, the second control circuitry to provide a second current to the second winding, wherein the first control circuitry and the second control circuitry are configured to concurrently control a movement of the rotor