In the control system of high-speed sensorless brushless dc motors (BLDCMs), the phase current lag caused by impedance characteristics cannot be ignored. To achieve optimal commutation, aligning the fundamental components… Click to show full abstract
In the control system of high-speed sensorless brushless dc motors (BLDCMs), the phase current lag caused by impedance characteristics cannot be ignored. To achieve optimal commutation, aligning the fundamental components of the phase-back electromotive force (EMF) with the phase current is necessary. However, this article reveals that short-duration clamping voltage pulses caused by diode freewheeling result in the extracted phase-back EMF fundamental signal leading the ideal sinusoidal back EMF, ultimately resulting in advanced commutation. Consequently, this article quantitatively calculates the advance angle induced by short-duration clamping voltage pulses and proposes an optimal commutation error compensation strategy. This strategy combines phase-back EMF reshaping, fundamental signal extraction based on an improved synchronous frequency filter (SFF), and a segmented successive compensation algorithm to converge the phase difference between the fundamental signals of phase current and reshaped phase-back EMF to zero, thereby eliminating the influence of short-duration clamping voltage pulses and achieving optimal commutation. Finally, experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.
               
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