The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising reporting the turn-to-turn fault to an electronic propulsion controller that is configured to reconfigure the motor controller to operate in a degraded mode.Ĩ. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising opening a contactor that is disposed between the DC bus and the motor controller in response to detecting the turn-to-turn fault.ħ.

The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the AC motor has inductance and impedance such that the short circuit current of the AC motor is about the same as a nominal operating current for the AC motor.Ħ. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising: thermally coupling the first, second, and third power switches to a cold plate cooling the cold plate with liquid coolant and conducting heat from the first, second, and third power switches to the liquid coolant via the cold plate while short circuit current is flowing through the first, second, and third power switches.ĥ. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first, second, and third power switches are bottom power switches of an inverter having three top power switches and three bottom power switches.Ĥ. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first, second, and third power switches are top power switches of an inverter having three top power switches and three bottom power switches.ģ. A method for fault-tolerant operation of an aircraft electric propulsor, the method comprising: detecting a turn-to-turn fault in one of first, second and third windings on a stator of an AC motor that are receiving AC power signals having first, second and third phases from first, second, and third power switches respectively of a motor controller and shorting the first, second, and third power switches together in response to detecting the turn-to-turn fault.Ģ. Multiple winding channel, magnetic coupling-alterable reluctance electrical machines and their fault tolerant controlĪuxiliary propulsion for magnetically levitated vehicleįailure detection method for electric vehicles and fail-safe control method using this methodġ.

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