Autonomous Current Sharing for Power Stages

Apparatus and associated methods relate to modulating a duty cycle in each of N interleaved power stages in response to determination whether a phase current is above or below an average of all phase output currents. In an illustrative example, the duty cycle modulation may increase or decrease delay on either the leading or trailing edges, which may fine-tune the phase PWM signal to correct the phase current to the average phase current. The modulation may be determined by comparing, for example, the voltage polarity across a resistor that extends between a signal representative of average phase current (IMON/N) and the corresponding phase current. By using the delay modulation engine, a power stage may locally and autonomously change the pulse width of a PWM signal to substantially balance phase currents among all of the interleaved power stages.

Wireless Telemetry Auto Tuning For Torque Measurement System

A torque measurement system that includes a rotor device and a stator device can perform automatic tuning to improve the initial tuning performed during design and assembly. The stator device can include a variable capacitive

Vibrational Alarms Facilitated by Determination of Motor On-Off State in Variable-Duty Multi-Motor Machines

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a vibrational sensing system (VSS) including an accelerometer and a data processor, which determines an “operational state” of a mechanical drive unit, the processor further employing the “operational state”

Virtual Mask Fitting System

Apparatus and associated methods relate to determining a fit-quality metric for a mask/face combination based upon a calculated dead-space volume between a virtual mask and a virtual face virtually aligned so as to create an

Wireless Magnetic Position Sensor

In one example, a position sensor is provided. The position sensor comprises an integrated circuit, and a magnetic field sensor that provides a detected signal indicative of a position of a magnetic field source to