Position sensorless brushless DC motor/generator drives: Review and future trends

IET Electric Power Applications

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-564

  Kim, T ^a   Lee, H W ^b   Ehsani, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; PROXIMITY SENSORS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTORS; CURRENT MOTORS; POSITION SENSORS; SENSORLESS CONTROL;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS;

EID: 35148840025     PISSN: 17518660     EISSN: 17518679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-epa:20060358     Document Type: Article

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