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This paper presents the analysis of a surface-mounted permanent-magnet (SMPM) machine for the sensorless control scheme based on the high-frequency fluctuating voltage signal injection method. A simplified high-frequency model of an SMPM machine in the estimated rotor reference frame is developed and a sensorless rotor position and speed estimation algorithm is described. To support this, the high-frequency impedances of an SMPM machine are analyzed by finite-element analysis (FEA) and compared with measurement results using a pulsewidth-modulation (PWM) inverter system under various injection conditions. The results of the FEA and measurements are coincident with each other with some errors due to the nonlinear behavior of the PWM inverter and the SMPM machine. The analysis results give physical insights into selecting the injection conditions for sensorless operation of the SMPM machine even though adjustments considering nonlinear behaviors of PWM inverters are required in the actual operation for the desired performance. The experimental results of speed and position control using a commercial SMPM machine are presented based on the analysis of the SMPM machine for the sensorless control algorithm. Index Terms--High-frequency signal injection, sensorless operation, surface-mounted permanent-magnet (SMPM) machine.

This paper presents a new sensorless control scheme of a surface-mounted permanent-magnet (SMPM) motor using high-frequency voltage signal injection method based on the high-frequency impedance difference. In the SMPM motor, due to the flux of the permanent magnet, the stator core around the q-axis winding is saturated. This makes the magnetic saliency in the motor. This magnetic saliency has the information about the rotor position. The high-frequency voltage signal is injected into the motor in order to detect the magnetic saliency and estimate the rotor position. In this paper, the relationship between the high-frequency voltages and high-frequency currents is developed using the voltage equations at the high frequency, and the high-frequency impedance characteristics are analyzed experimentally under various conditions. The proposed sensorless control scheme makes it possible to drive the SMPM motor in the low-speed region including zero speed, even under heavy load conditions. The experimental results verify the performance of the proposed sensorless algorithm. Index Terms--High-frequency signal injection, sensorless drive, surface-mounted permanent-magnet (SMPM) motor.

This paper describes a torque, speed, or position control method at standstill and low speed in the interior permanent-magnet motor (IPMM) drive system without any rotational transducer. While IPMMs have originally magnetic saliency, it varies according to the load conditions and the control performance can be easily degraded. In this paper, the saliency or impedance difference is used as the conventional methods and, nevertheless, in order to amplify the difference containing the information of the rotor angle and to maintain a reasonable performance under any load condition a high-frequency injection scheme is proposed. A speed and position estimation scheme based on the characteristics of the high-frequency impedance is proposed. The scheme extracts the high-frequency impedance components related to the rotor position. An initial angle estimation scheme for starting from an arbitrary rotor position is also proposed. It can distinguish the north magnetic pole position from the south one in several decade milliseconds. The proposed scheme enables position control of a transducerless or position-sensorless IPMM. The experimental results clarify the satisfactory operation of the proposed position control algorithm under any load condition. Index Terms--Motor drives, position estimation, sensorless control.

A harmonic injection-based algorithm is proposed for a digitally controlled inverter. Named sensorless field-orientation algorithm, its implementation only needs an adjustment in the software of the inverter without requiring changes in the existing hardware. Its use, on the other hand, provides reasonable torque control capability at zero and low stator frequency. Even during heavily loaded conditions, there is no vibration and minimal audible noise.

This paper presents a position sensorless control scheme of a synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) combining a high-frequency current injection method in the low-speed region and the flux estimation method based on the stator voltages in the high-speed region. The rotor has inherent saliency, and its angle can be estimated from d-axis stator current injection and the appropriate signal demodulation in a low-speed region. In the high-speed region, the rotor angle can be estimated by the stator flux from the voltage information. This scheme gives a robust and dynamic estimation of the rotor angle independent of the operating conditions, including speed and load conditions. Experimental results of closed-loop speed and position control with a 3.75-kW axially laminated SynRM are given to verify the proposed scheme. Index Terms--Current injection method, sensorless control, synchronous reluctance motor.