A unified approach to zero-crossing point detection of back EMF for brushless DC motor drives without current and hall sensors

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1704-1713

  Lai, Yen Shin ^a   Lin, Yong Kai ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brushless dc motor (BLDCM) drives; pulsewidth modulation (PWM)

Indexed keywords

BACK ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; BACK EMF DETECTION; BACK-EMF; BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR (BLDCM) DRIVES; BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR DRIVES; HALL SENSOR; PULSEWIDTH MODULATION (PWM); PWM TECHNIQUES; UNIFIED APPROACH; ZERO CROSSING POINTS;

BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; HALL EFFECT TRANSDUCERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SENSORS;

DRIVES;

EID: 79960925447     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2081379     Document Type: Article

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