A driving system of a driving motor is proposed. The system includes: a stator having slots at which coils are wound; a first inverter connected to first ends of the coils of the stator; a second inverter connected to second ends of the coils of the stator; and a stage switch circuit configured to control an electrical connection between the second ends of the coils of the stator and the second inverter. In particular, the coils include a first coil set connected to an output terminal of the first inverter, and a second coil set connected to an input terminal of the second inverter. Currents having the same phase or currents having different AC phases are applied to the first coil set and the second coil set wound at the slots by controlling on and off of the stage switch circuit.

A driving system of a driving motor is proposed. The system includes: a stator having slots at which coils are wound; a first inverter connected to first ends of the coils of the stator; a second inverter connected to second ends of the coils of the stator; and a stage switch circuit configured to control an electrical connection between the second ends of the coils of the stator and the second inverter. In particular, the coils include a first coil set connected to an output terminal of the first inverter, and a second coil set connected to an input terminal of the second inverter. Currents having the same phase or currents having different AC phases are applied to the first coil set and the second coil set wound at the slots by controlling on and off of the stage switch circuit.

There is provided an induction machine (100) comprising a rotor (120); a stator (140); and a phase-shift oscillator (160). The stator comprises: a first winding (141); and a second winding (142), arranged at a first angle (101) relative to said first winding. The phase-shift oscillator comprises: a transistor (170), the transistor (170) being a high-electron mobility transistor, HEMT; and a phase-shift network (180). The first winding is connected to a first node (181) of the phase-shift network and wherein the second winding is connected to a second node (182) of the phase-shift network, wherein the phase-shift oscillator is configured to provide a first phase electric signal at the first node and a second phase electric signal at the second node, wherein a difference between the first and second phase corresponds to the first angle. There is also provided an electric aircraft propulsion system comprising the induction machine.

There is provided an induction machine (100) comprising a rotor (120); a stator (140); and a phase-shift oscillator (160). The stator comprises: a first winding (141); and a second winding (142), arranged at a first angle (101) relative to said first winding. The phase-shift oscillator comprises: a transistor (170), the transistor (170) being a high-electron mobility transistor, HEMT; and a phase-shift network (180). The first winding is connected to a first node (181) of the phase-shift network and wherein the second winding is connected to a second node (182) of the phase-shift network, wherein the phase-shift oscillator is configured to provide a first phase electric signal at the first node and a second phase electric signal at the second node, wherein a difference between the first and second phase corresponds to the first angle. There is also provided an electric aircraft propulsion system comprising the induction machine.

A pole-number-changing rotary electric machine includes: a rotary electric machine; an n-group inverter; and a control unit for controlling the n-group inverter, wherein the control unit controls current phases of a current flowing through stator coils such that a current phase degree of freedom, which is a number of current phases per pole pair controllable by the n-group inverter, is equal to a number of groups n×a number of phases m/2 at a time of high polarity driving and the number of groups n×the number of phases m at a time of low polarity driving, where the number of groups n is a multiple of 4 and the number of phases m is a natural number of 3 or more and relatively prime to the number of groups n.

A pole-number-changing rotary electric machine includes: a rotary electric machine; an n-group inverter; and a control unit for controlling the n-group inverter, wherein the control unit controls current phases of a current flowing through stator coils such that a current phase degree of freedom, which is a number of current phases per pole pair controllable by the n-group inverter, is equal to a number of groups n×a number of phases m/2 at a time of high polarity driving and the number of groups n×the number of phases m at a time of low polarity driving, where the number of groups n is a multiple of 4 and the number of phases m is a natural number of 3 or more and relatively prime to the number of groups n.

A method and system of performing a pole switching operation in a multi-phase machine include operating the multi-phase machine in a first configuration with a first number of poles, where the first number of poles is based on a first number of phases in the first configuration and a number of stator slots allocated for each winding in the multi-phase machine. The method and system also include receiving a signal indicating the pole switching operation in the multi-phase machine. In response to receiving the signal, the method and system include operating the multi-phase machine in a second configuration with a second number of poles, where the second number of poles is based on a second number of phases in the second configuration and the number of stator slots allocated for each winding in the multi-phase machine.

A high-power motor controlled by parallelly connected windings is provided. The motor comprises multi-phase windings. Each phase includes n winding branches and 2n power devices, wherein the n winding branches are connected in parallel with each other, and each winding branch is independently controlled by a power device.

A high-power motor controlled by parallelly connected windings is provided. The motor comprises multi-phase windings. Each phase includes n winding branches and 2n power devices, wherein the n winding branches are connected in parallel with each other, and each winding branch is independently controlled by a power device.

A winding system for a stator of an electric machine is specified. The winding system comprises at least two first conductor segments and at least two second conductor segments, at least two half-bridges, at least one first short-circuit means and at least one second short-circuit means. Each half-bridge is connected to least one first conductor segment and one second conductor segment, each first conductor segment is connected to the first short-circuit means, and each second conductor segment is connected to the second short-circuit means. Further, an electric machine having a winding system is specified.