A motor controller is provided that executes a commutation routine in one of a plurality of operating modes to regulate current provided to drive coils in a linear motion system. The motor controller generated currents for each of the drive coils in a first operating mode to minimize the copper losses in the drive coils, in a second operating mode to maximize the force applied to the mover, in a third operating mode to provide balanced currents between the drive coils, and in a fourth operating mode to provide currents according to a selected operating point that combines characteristics of the first three operating points. The motor controller may also monitor each of the drive coils for saturation and redistribute at least a portion of the current required to control operation of the mover to the other drive coils when one of the drive coils is saturated.

The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device having a drive unit includes a stator comprising a plurality of coils consecutively arranged in an axial direction, and an armature axially movable within the stator, the armature including a number of magnets and pole shoes consecutively arranged in the axial direction. A respective pole shoe is arranged between respectively neighbouring magnets. At least one axial end of the armature comprises a terminal pole shoe.

A linear motor control apparatus includes a plurality of coil units which are continuously arranged, a plurality of position detecting units configured to detect positions of a first truck and a second truck which move over the plurality of coil units, and a first deviation calculating unit configured to arithmetically operate deviation information as differences between values of the plurality of position detecting units and a target position. In addition, a first position control unit arithmetically operates current control signals on the basis of the deviation information, a first current control unit supplies driving currents to the plurality of coil units on the basis of the current control signals, and a switching unit outputs the values of the plurality of position detecting units for the first truck to the first position control unit and outputs the values of the plurality of position detecting units for the second truck to a second position control unit.

A linear motor control apparatus includes a plurality of coil units which are continuously arranged, a plurality of position detecting units configured to detect positions of a first truck and a second truck which move over the plurality of coil units, and a first deviation calculating unit configured to arithmetically operate deviation information as differences between values of the plurality of position detecting units and a target position. In addition, a first position control unit arithmetically operates current control signals on the basis of the deviation information, a first current control unit supplies driving currents to the plurality of coil units on the basis of the current control signals, and a switching unit outputs the values of the plurality of position detecting units for the first truck to the first position control unit and outputs the values of the plurality of position detecting units for the second truck to a second position control unit.

The present invention provides a method and device for controlling the n LLM coils (L1, . . . Ln) of an LLM stator making it possible to change the polarity of the coil voltage (UL1, . . . , ULn) of the n LLM coils (L1, . . . Ln) more easily and with little circuit complexity. It is proposed to apply a first operating potential (Ub1) to n first input terminals (A1, . . . , An) of n half bridges (HB1, . . . , HBn), and apply a second operating potential (Ub2) to n second input terminals (B1, . . . , Bn) of the n half bridges. For each half bridge (HB1, . . . HBn), a first switch (S11, . . . , S1n) is connected between a center point (C1, . . . , Cn) of the respective half bridge (HB1, . . . , HBn) and the first input terminal (A1, . . . , An), and a second switch (S21, . . . , S2n) is connected between the center point (C1, . . . , Cn) of the relevant half bridge (HB1, . . . , HBn) and the second input terminal (B1, . . . , Bn). The center point (C1, . . . , Cn) of the n half bridges is connected in each case to n first terminals (L11, . . . , L1n) of the n LLM coils (L1, . . . , Ln), and the second terminals (L11, . . . , L1n) of the n LLM coils (L1, . . . , Ln) are connected in a control point (C) that is regulated to a predetermined potential (Ux).

The present invention provides a driving method of a linear motor, comprising: S1: providing a motor having a vibrator; S2: inputting a first driving signal to the vibrator to drive the vibrator to vibrate so as to generate a displacement; S3: monitoring the current displacement of the vibrator; S4: determining whether the current displacement of the vibrator is greater than or equal to a preset maximum displacement of the vibrator; S5: if the current displacement of the vibrator is greater than or equal to the preset maximum displacement of the vibrator, providing a second driving signal having a preset duration to the vibrator, so as to provide a electromagnetic force having a direction opposite to the direction of the current displacement; S6: providing the first driving signal to the vibrator again so as to drive the vibrator to continuingly vibrate.

The present invention provides a driving method of a linear motor, comprising: S1: providing a motor having a vibrator; S2: inputting a first driving signal to the vibrator to drive the vibrator to vibrate so as to generate a displacement; S3: monitoring the current displacement of the vibrator; S4: determining whether the current displacement of the vibrator is greater than or equal to a preset maximum displacement of the vibrator; S5: if the current displacement of the vibrator is greater than or equal to the preset maximum displacement of the vibrator, providing a second driving signal having a preset duration to the vibrator, so as to provide a electromagnetic force having a direction opposite to the direction of the current displacement; S6: providing the first driving signal to the vibrator again so as to drive the vibrator to continuingly vibrate.

A stator segment for a linear motor-based transport system is developed to the effect that a transmitter for cyclic transmission of a control data record in a first clock cycle also transmits, in addition to transmitting the control data record, a position value in a clock-synchronized manner, wherein a plurality of positions are available as a sequence with a quantity of elements and an element with an index corresponds to a position, where the transmitter unit is configured such that, upon every first clock cycle, the index is incremented commencing from a starting value and an element is transmitted after the control data record, where the transmitter unit is furthermore configured to transmit all elements in one transmission interval, and where the transmission interval corresponds to a multiple of the first clock cycle.

A system includes a controller to control movement of a linear resonant actuator (LRA). The system includes a monitor in the controller to monitor a back electromotive force (BEMF) signal from the LRA representing the movement of the LRA. The monitor generates an indicator that indicates whether or not movement of the LRA has occurred. A primary loop module in the controller controls acceleration and braking of the LRA based on the monitored BEMF signal if the indicator from the monitor indicates that LRA movement has occurred. An alternate cycle module in the controller pushes the LRA at a predetermined frequency if the indicator from the monitor indicates that LRA movement has not occurred. The push is employed to move the LRA when the BEMF signal is undetectable by the monitor with respect to a predetermined threshold.

A system includes a controller to control movement of a linear resonant actuator (LRA). The system includes a monitor in the controller to monitor a back electromotive force (BEMF) signal from the LRA representing the movement of the LRA. The monitor generates an indicator that indicates whether or not movement of the LRA has occurred. A primary loop module in the controller controls acceleration and braking of the LRA based on the monitored BEMF signal if the indicator from the monitor indicates that LRA movement has occurred. An alternate cycle module in the controller pushes the LRA at a predetermined frequency if the indicator from the monitor indicates that LRA movement has not occurred. The push is employed to move the LRA when the BEMF signal is undetectable by the monitor with respect to a predetermined threshold.