ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,285, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG (Villach, Austria).

"Motor control" was invented by Nitin Agarwal (Torrance, Calif.) and Tao Zhao (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, a motor controller for controlling a motor includes a position interface configured to receive a motor position signal indicative of a position of the motor, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) unit configured to generate a PWM signal for driving the motor. An angle and speed unit is configured to determine a speed and a position of the motor based on transitions in the motor positio...