Power Savings Techniques for Electric Motor
Systems
by Infineon Technologies AG
Battery-operated consumer products such as mowers, weeders, blowers and drills have been around for more than a decade with only incremental design changes giving incremental improvements in power, efficiency and battery life. Now these applications are on the verge of a significant design change that will give much larger improvements in nearly all performance measurements. The main enabler for these next generation designs is the high integration and low cost of motor control electronics. This TechNote examines the design features of the various electronic components for high-efficiency battery operated consumer drives.
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