US Patent Issued to Renesas Electronics on Sept. 30 for "Semiconductor device, motor drive system, and control method thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,824, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Renesas Electronics Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device, motor drive system, and control method thereof" was invented by Minoru Kurosawa (Tokyo), Satoshi Narumi (Tokyo) and Takeshi Ohtsuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The semiconductor device includes: a current detection circuit configured to detect a current flowing through a three-phase motor by driving of a drive circuit; and a controller configured to control the drive circuit, based on the detected current. The controller is configured to control, when the three-phase motor is stationary, an energization pattern in such a way ...