Using PWM-induced transient excitation and advanced signal processing for zero-speed sensorless control of AC machines

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 365-374

  Vogelsberger, Markus A ^a   Grubic, Stefan ^b   Habetler, Thomas G ^b   Wolbank, Thomas M ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC MACHINE; ACTIVE STATE; ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING; CURRENT RESPONSE; CURRENT RIPPLES; ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; EXCITATION METHODS; FIELD ORIENTED CONTROL; FUNDAMENTAL WAVE; INDUCTION MACHINES; INJECTION METHOD; LOW SPEED; MODIFIED PWM; NEW APPROACHES; OVERMODULATION; PHASE CURRENTS; POSITION INFORMATION; SENSOR LESS CONTROL; SPEED RANGE; SWITCHING SEQUENCE; TRANSIENT EXCITATION; ZERO SPEED; ZERO SWITCHING STATE; ZERO-SPEED SENSORLESS CONTROL;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; PULSE MODULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEED;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 72749121104     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2029578     Document Type: Article

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