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System and method for controlling a surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous machine drive over a wide speed range using a reference voltage

US6288515A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 2000
Grant dateSep 11, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P21/08
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous machine drive and a method of controlling the machine drive. Flux weakening and current regulating loops cooperate to provide automatic transition to the flux weakening mode (operation above base speed), regardless of DC bus voltage, load or other operating conditions. The modulation index (d) is used as a condition for automatic start of flux weakening operation is very useful because this point can be easily changed by software when necessary, regardless of the value of DC bus voltage. This feature provides significant performance improvement. No look-up tables are used in the flux weakening loop. The on-set point for flux weakening is automatically adjusted, and may be changed through software. An appropriate d-axis current component is injected over the entire speed range, providing the maximum available torque (which corresponds to the q-axis current component).

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