• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.44-50
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• 1997

This paper describes an indirect sensing method for the rotor flux position of interior permanent magnet (IPM) brushless DC motors. The phase inductances of an IPM motor vary appreciably according to the rotor position. The waveform characteristics of the terminal voltage of IPM brushless DC motors is analysed and a simple and practical method for indirect sensing of the rotor position is proposed. A compact and economical sensorless drive is implemented and tested using a 87c196mc 16-bit one-chip microprocessor. The experimental results show the validity of the proposed method. The drive is applied to drive a compressor of air-conditioner and works well from 1,200 to 6,600 [rpm].

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1117-1119
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• 2003

기존의 사다리꼴형 브러시리스 직류 전동기(BLDCM)의 센서리스 제어는 전류전환 시점을 알기 위하여 홀 센서 대신 단자 전압과 중성점 전압을 이용한다. 하지만, 속도 제어를 위해서는 엔코더나 레졸바와 같은 센서를 사용해야한다. 2극기 BLDC 모터의 경우 단자전압을 이용한 위치정보는 모터 한 회전 당 12번의 신호가 출력된다. 엔코더 혹은 레졸바를 제거하고, 이 신호를 이용하여 속도 정보를 만들 경우, 속도를 만들기 위한 위치 정보의 펄스 간격이 넓게 되어 순시 속도를 만들지 못하게 된다. 이로 인하여 실제 속도의 변화를 민감하게 추정하지 못하게 된다. 따라서 이렇게 만들어진 속도 정보는 실제 시스템에서 사용할 수 없게 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하려고 본 논문에서는 순시 속도 관측기를 사용한다 단자전압과 중성점 전압에 의한 위치정보를 가지고 순시 속도 관측기를 속도 제어 주기보다 빠르게 갱신함으로써 순시 속도를 예측한다. 또한 이 순시 속도는 속도 제어기로 피드백 되어 속도 센서리스를 실현한다. 이에 대한 타당성은 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.27-28
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 싱글전류센서를 이용하여 브러시리스 직류 전동기의 속도제어시스템 시뮬레이션 방법 및 그 결과을 제시한다. BLDC 전동기 제어에 매우 중요한 역할을 가지고 있는 피드백 센서 방식으로 싱글 전류검출센서를 이용한 속도제어 방법은 모터 설계의 비용을 낮추고, 심플한 제어기 설계를 가능하게 한다. 또한, 전동기에 손상을 줄 수 있는 오류조건을 감지함으로서 신뢰성을 향상시켜 줄 수 있다. 시뮬레이션에 사용하는 BLDC 전동기는 3상 Y결선 전동기를 모델로 하며 MATLAB/SIMULINK를 사용한 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 그 성능을 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.639-650
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• 1999

In this paper, a chattering alleviation VSS controller for the sinusoidal type BLDC motor is designed. Dead Zone function is proposed to change the chattering occurring in the transient state from high frequency to low frequency and time-varying gains are applied for the control input to eliminate the steady state excessive chattering in the conventional ISM. The proposed Dead Zone function represents the sliding layer composed of two switching surfaces and if a state vector exists in this layer, the chattering don't occur. Simulation and experimental results confirm the useful effects of the above algorithm.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.582-588
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• 2002

This paper presents a efficient sensorless driving strategy for brushless dc motor(BLDCM). By varying PWM switching frequency(4KHz, 6KHz, 8KHz) properly according to the rotating speed, the improvement of the efficiency and the operating characteristics through the wide speed are obtained.. The experimental results show that the proposed method can efficiently improve the sensorless driving performance for BLDCM with trapezoidal back emf.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.191-198
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• 1998

This paper presents a new current control method to reduce the torque ripple due to phase commutation, when the unipolar PWM method is applied for the phase current control of brushless DC motor. Phase commutation bring about an instantaneous change in the average voltage of conducting phase so that current undulates, and this undulating current generates torque ripple. In this paper, we analyze average voltage variations of conducting phase in commutation period with PWM pattern and design current controller to compensate average variations. In addition, we prove the validity of proposed method by experimental results.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.48-56
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• 2006

This paper studies particularly applicable method for sensorless PM BLDC motor drive system. The waveform of the motor internal voltages(or back emf) contains a fundamental and higher order frequency harmonics. Therefore the third harmonic component is extracted from the stator phase voltage. The resulting third harmonic signal keeps a constant phase relationship with the rotor flux for any motor speed and load condition. Also because of low resolution of estimated signal obtained by the proposed sensorless algorithm, to improve the wide range of speed response characteristic more exactly, we propose the rotor position signal synthesizer using PLL circuit based on estimated signals. Some experimental results are provided to demonstrate the validity of the proposed control method.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1998.06a
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• pp.203-206
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• 1998

This paper describes the procedure of getting information about auto-tuning of PID regulator by the injection of high step input, called limited input, during a transient time of control. The key point is that system identification and control could be continuously executed. This means that the system information obtained by limited input despite of system uncertainty can be continuously applied to the PI regulator. Simulation and experiment result of brushless DC motor system having monotone increasing step response demonstrate the usefulness of proposed auto-tuning algorithm.

• The Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.62-70
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• 1995

Brushless DC Motor (BDCM) is widely used in the industry such as a variable speed motor in a compressor for room air conditioners, because the motor can be easily controlled and operated over a wide speed range. The system to drive BDCM needs encoder that senses rotor position. Gut in a certain application, the position sensor has to be avoided. In the paper, various position sensorless drive systems for BDCM are investigated and critically evaluated, so that the effective method of sensorless control can be selected. Out of these methods, the freewheeling diode current sensing has many advantages. For example, the simple starting procedure makes it possible to perform sensorless control even in low speed. So the hardware design for this method has been carried out and the system has been implemented using DSP. The experimental results verified that the freewheeling diode current sensing approach has advantages in starting procedure and low speed sensing.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.449-452
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• 2016

This paper presents a simplified analysis on the rotor position detection error in sensorless interior permanent magnet brushless DC motor (BLDCM) drives, wherein terminal voltage sensing based on the back-electromotive force (back-EMF) zero-crossing point detecting circuitry is employed. The effect of a rotor saliency on the back-EMF's zero-crossing point detection is analyzed using the extended EMF-based voltage equation of the interior permanent BLDCM in a stationary reference frame, and thus the overall analysis is considerably simplified compared to the conventional one. Simulation results are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.