Motor control method

A method of controlling a brush-less direct current (BLDC) electric motor having a stator and a rotor, the stator having a plurality of magnet coils, the rotor having a permanent magnet driven by the plurality of magnet coils, wherein the electric motor comprises a motor control circuit having a high connection line, a low connection line, a plurality of high switches, a plurality of low switches, and a plurality of intermediate contacts each one connected to the high connection line via one of the plurality of high switches and connected to the low connection line via one of the plurality of low switches, wherein each one of the plurality of magnet coils has a first end electrically connected to a first one of the plurality of intermediate contacts and a second end electrically connected to a second one of the plurality of intermediate contacts, the each one of the plurality of magnet coils thereby electrically interconnecting the first one of the plurality of intermediate contacts and the second one of the plurality of intermediate contacts, comprising

• providing a voltage between the high connection line and the low connection line;
• closing a first one of the plurality of high switches, thereby electrically connecting the first one of the plurality of intermediate contacts to the high connection line during a first commutation phase;
• closing a second one of the plurality of low switches, thereby electrically connecting the second one of the plurality of intermediate contacts to the low connection line during the first commutation phase;
• and
• closing a third one of the plurality of low switches, thereby electrically connecting a third one of the plurality of intermediate contacts to the low connection line during the first commutation phase.